Australian tourist drowns in Australia as a result of dingo attack, authorities say
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Authorities in Australia have determined that a Canadian tourist who died in January drowned after being injured by a dingo attack.
Piper James, 19, of Campbell River, B.C. Found dead on January 19 On a beach in Kegari, a sand island Off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland, about 250 kilometers north of Brisbane.
“Piper died from multiple injuries, or by drowning as a result of a dingo attack,” a spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland told CBC News in an emailed statement.
Queensland’s Coroners Court confirmed late on Thursday that an appointed forensic pathologist had determined James’ cause of death and that the investigating coroner had accepted the findings.
James had been traveling to Australia with a friend from Campbell River since October, and had got a job at Kegari, a World Heritage Site which is a popular destination for backpackers and other tourists.
His body was found surrounded by a group of about 10 dingoes.
Preliminary autopsy results will also come in January James was found to have possibly drowned.. Additionally, those results showed that James had pre- and post-bite marks from the dingo, indicating that he had been pushed into the water by the pack.
The Canadian woman found dead on an Australian beach surrounded by wild dogs, known as dingoes, has been identified as 19-year-old Piper James of Campbell River, B.C. It is unclear whether James drowned or was attacked by the dogs.
A spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland said At the time of preliminary autopsy results that The bite before post-mortem was “unlikely to cause immediate death. The post-mortem showed extensive dingo bite marks.”
The animals involved in the incident were later understood “an unacceptable public safety risk” and eight out of 10 have been euthanized.
A Queensland Coroners Court spokesperson said the investigation into James’ death was ongoing, but no further information was available at this time.
