Avalanche that killed Australian police officer Nathan Deutschbein results in safety recommendations
1 Mar, 2021 03:38 AM
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Nathan Deutschbein leaves behind his wife Skye and their two daughters. Photo / Supplied
The death of an Australian police officer caught in a deadly South Island avalanche has resulted in a raft of safety recommendations for other New Zealand mountaineers.
Nathan Deutschbein, a New South Wales police officer and father of two girls, died on November 29, 2018, when he was caught in an avalanche and became buried while descending the Eugenie Glacier in the Aoraki – Mt Cook National Park with a climbing companion.
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Press Release – Dog and Lemon Guide Outspoken road safety campaigner Clive Matthew-Wilson has queried suggestions by Coroner David Robinson that cannabis was implicated in six of nine fatal road crashes. In fact, there is little concrete evidence that cannabis was a significant factor …
Outspoken road safety campaigner Clive Matthew-Wilson has queried suggestions by Coroner David Robinson that cannabis was implicated in six of nine fatal road crashes.
“In fact, there is little concrete evidence that cannabis was a significant factor in any these fatalities.”
Matthew-Wilson, who has campaigned for safer cars and roads over 25 years, says:
“The example Coroner Robinson gave was of Thomas Jacob Goodman, 29, who crashed while driving home from a work gathering on the night of November 29 last year. Goodman was found to be almost five times the legal drink-drive limit. He also tested positive for cannabis and its constituent element tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).”
“In fact, there is little concrete evidence
that cannabis was a significant factor in any these
fatalities.”
Matthew-Wilson, who has campaigned for
safer cars and roads over 25 years, says:
“The
example Coroner Robinson gave was of Thomas Jacob Goodman,
29, who crashed while driving home from a work gathering on
the night of November 29 last year. Goodman was found to be
almost five times the legal drink-drive limit. He also
tested positive for cannabis and its constituent element
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).”
“Goodman was drunk
out of his brain. He would probably have crashed anyway.
Also, you have to be very careful implying Goodman was