16 Jan 2017

Rise in river drownings

From Summer Times, 9:11 am on 16 January 2017

Though the overall number of drownings is slightly down this summer, there has been a marked rise in one particular 'category' of drowning deaths: those in rivers. Jonty Mills from Water Safety NZ talks to us about the precautions people can take to avoid becoming part of the unfortunate stats.

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