30 Apr 2017

Police pull body from car in Buller River

7:21 pm on 30 April 2017

A man's body has been recovered from a car found in Buller River near Westport on the West Coast.

Buller River

Buller River (file photo) Photo: RNZ/ Tracy Neal

Police began searching for the car after reports yesterday afternoon it had left the road near Lower Buller Gorge Road.

The man whose body was recovered was thought the only one inside the car.

Police said they were working to identify him.