Man dies after going missing in West Coast gorge
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Save The man was found in Tyco Gorge, near Jacksons. Photo / Google Maps
A man has died after swimming in a river on the West Coast.
Ben Gourdie, 29, from Christchurch, was with a group near Jacksons on the West Coast.
They were in hot pools together, when Gourdie went into the Taipo River to cool off.
Police were alerted that he was
missing, when a Personal Locator Beacon was activated by the rest of the group just before midnight last night.
Gourdie's body has now been found in Tyco Gorge.