Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
US tourist drowns in rafting accident
New Zealand police say an American woman has died after becoming pinned under a rock during a family rafting trip on the Mohaka River in New Zealand's North Island.
Senior Sgt. Stuart Fleming says U.S. national Caroline Lackey, 59, from Kentucky, was rafting with her husband, son and daughter-in-law when they all fell out of the raft.
He says while the three other family members were carried downstream and managed to scramble ashore, Lackey became pinned under a rock and was believed to have drowned.
"It was a recreational rafting trip, a family one, and there were no commercial operators involved," he said Monday.
The woman's body was recovered by a rescue helicopter and taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital for an autopsy.
Senior Sgt. Stuart Fleming says U.S. national Caroline Lackey, 59, from Kentucky, was rafting with her husband, son and daughter-in-law when they all fell out of the raft.
He says while the three other family members were carried downstream and managed to scramble ashore, Lackey became pinned under a rock and was believed to have drowned.
"It was a recreational rafting trip, a family one, and there were no commercial operators involved," he said Monday.
The woman's body was recovered by a rescue helicopter and taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital for an autopsy.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Recent Accidents
Date: January 5, 2010 Time: 13:30
Location: Wheeling, Illinois
Operator: Royal Air Freight
AC Type: Gates Learjet 35
Reg: N720RA cn: 156
Aboard: 2 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0
Route: Detroit, MI - Chicago, IL
Details: The cargo plane crashed into a forest reserve south of Chicago-Executive Airport while on approach, after being cleared to land.
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