Return Of Tourist's Body To UK
New Zealand Police National News Release
11:34am 11 August 2008
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release.html?id=4216
11 August 2008
Waikato Police are working with the British Consulate and Jewish community to return the body of an English tourist
killed in a quad-bike crash to her family.
Sarah Katie BOND, 24, of Essex, England died after losing control of a quad-bike and plunging 25-30m down a steep bank
near Te Anga on Saturday.
Suffering life threatening injuries when the quad-bike landed on top of her, Miss BOND died at the scene.
A post-mortem was carried out at Waikato Hospital yesterday and formal identification was carried out by a fellow
English tourist.
Miss BOND'S body is expected to be flown back to England in the next two days, her body will be escorted home by an
Auckland based representative of the Jewish community.
A Department of Labour investigation into the crash is continuing and the company running the adventure ride Miss BOND
was taking part in has had its operations suspended.
ENDS