Sunday, 16 June 2019 - 5:45pm |
Waikato

Name release – light plane crash Coromandel Forest Park

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Police are now in a position to name the man who died in a light plane crash at Coromandel Forest Park.

He was 78-year-old James Albert Evans of Whitianga.

Police had been working with RCCNZ and LandSAR to locate the plane since Friday evening after being reported overdue around 4:25pm.

Our thoughts are with Mr Evans' friends and family at this sad time.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre