Dutch Tourist Dies in White Water Rafting Mishap in Malaysia

Dutch tourist drowned while on a white-water rafting trip down the Padas River in Malaysia. Bianca De Visser De Vries, 42, was thrown off the raft with six others including her husband. Her body was found the same day, the Tenom Police Department said last week.

He said police have classified the case as death by misadventure. She was wearing a life jacket and a helmet at the time, police reports added.

According to Ailir Ruhasil, who was on the raft with tourists, the Dutch couple and four others from Macau had left the Pangi area for the 3-mile ride down river to Rayoh.

He said the raft overturned near the rapids throwing all occupants into the river. De Vries could not be found while the others, including her husband, managed to get to the riverbank. They found her body near Rayoh area about one mile down the river.

It is suspected that De Vries might have hit a hard object when she was thrown out of the raft and loss consciousness before drowning.