{"id":169983,"date":"2023-01-23T14:27:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=169983"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:27:22","slug":"teen-plummets-to-his-death-in-freak-accident-during-ill-fated-toilet-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/teen-plummets-to-his-death-in-freak-accident-during-ill-fated-toilet-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen plummets to his death in freak accident during ill-fated toilet stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenager has died during an early morning toilet stop while on a road trip with friends.<\/p>\n

Cameron Cumming, 19, was driving in a car with a group of pals when they stopped on the side of a road running along the Waiwawa River in Coromandel, on New Zealand's North Island, the NZ Herald reported.<\/p>\n

Cameron reportedly lost his footing in the pitch black of the early morning and fell into a creek at 2:40am on Thursday (January 19), police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Authorities said their thoughts were with the teen's family following his tragic death.<\/p>\n

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Locals who live near the river, which runs directly next to the road in some places, expressed their sadness over the news.<\/p>\n

"It was an absolute tragedy and I feel for his family but also the friends with him," one local resident said.<\/p>\n

"His friends were frantically trying to find him but they haven\u2019t been able to so they\u2019ve called emergency services straight away."<\/p>\n

Another local said they understood Cumming had hit his head falling into the water.<\/p>\n

Emergency services confirmed they had been alerted to a water incident, where a person was missing.<\/p>\n

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