Police retrieve body of American tourist on hunting holiday in New Zealand
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
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Police officials have retrieved the body of an American tourist who plunged to his death moments after stepping out of a helicopter while hunting in the Southern Alps, New Zealand.
57-year-old Clifford Wayne Senter, of New Hampshire in the US, died when he slipped on wet ground while exiting the helicopter, and plunged down a steep bluff near Lois Peak in Mount Aspiring National Park. He had been hunting chamois at the time.
Low cloud and fog has prevented search and rescue teams from reaching him on Monday night but a recovery team was deployed early Tuesday. The team found Mr Senter's body at the base of the bluff in the afternoon.
Police said that Mr Senter had been in New Zealand for a week on a hunting holiday, with his wife and two friends.
Sources
edit- NZPA. "Hunter slipped exiting helicopter" — NZ Herald, May 24, 2006
- AAP. "Body of NZ chopper victim recovered" — The Age, May 23, 2006
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