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Please attribute to Senior Constable Barry Shepherd:
Bay of Plenty Police are issuing a safety warning after two incidents in Waikato River at Taupo, one of which has claimed the life of a young man.
An 18-year-old man – Logan Ken Hughes, of Taihape – courageously attempted to save the life of a 12-year-old girl from Waikato River on Friday 18 December, however he then himself got into trouble in the water.
Another person jumped in and helped the girl to safety. Later, in trying conditions, several rescuers worked tremendously hard to retrieve the 18-year-old from about seven metres of water.
CPR was performed for 40 minutes and medical staff did all they could to save him, but he died in hospital.
“The attempted rescue was an instinctive display of humanity. “We send our condolences to his relatives.” Bay of Plenty Police have issued a safety warning after the tragedy, one of two incidents in the Waikato River at Taupō. Two days earlier, a group of teens was swimming downstream from the Taupō Control Gates Bridge. The group split up, and due to confusion and miscommunication, it was thought that one of them had got into difficulty. That prompted a full-scale search involving a helicopter. “Fortunately, the person thought to be in trouble was found to have already returned home. “While unrelated, these two events underline the risk this fast-flowing river presents to the public and rescue teams who are called in to help.”
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 3:08 pm
Senior Constable Barry Shepherd:
Bay of
Plenty Police are issuing a safety warning after two
incidents in Waikato River at Taupo, one of which has
claimed the life of a young man.
An 18-year-old man -
Logan Ken Hughes, of Taihape - courageously attempted to
save the life of a 12-year-old girl from Waikato River on
Friday 18 December, however he then himself got into trouble
in the water.
Another person jumped in and helped the
girl to safety.
Later, in trying conditions, several
rescuers worked tremendously hard to retrieve the
18-year-old from about seven metres of water.