Police can now confirm the identity of the person found
in a partially-submerged vehicle in the Kawarau River
yesterday afternoon, following a crash that was discovered
on Tuesday evening.
He was 59-year-old John Robert
Howard, of Queenstown.
Further inquiries are underway
as to the circumstances of what
happened.
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