Body in car at bottom of Buller Gorge cliff believed to be missing man
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Save While formal identification is yet to take place, police believed the man is a 71-year-old previously reported missing from Motueka. Photo / File
A 71-year-old Motueka man who'd been reported missing is believed to be the person found in a car at the bottom of a cliff in Buller Gorge.
Police say the car was found yesterday in the Upper Buller Gorge area about 100 metres from the Lyell Creek culvert.
Police found the car at a bottom of the cliff near the Lyell Creek culvert in the Upper Buller Gorge area. Photo / Google
While formal
identification is yet to take place, police believed the man is a 71-year-old previously reported missing from Motueka.
The death will be referred to the Coroner.