First Australian victim of White Island eruption formally identified

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Breaking: Twenty-one-year-old Krystal Eve Browitt from Melbourne has been identified by New Zealand police as a victim of the volcano eruption on White Island | sarah_a_muller

Australian woman Krystal Eve Browitt, 21, is the first person formally identified by New Zealand police as a victim of the volcano eruption on White Island.

21-year-old Krystal Eve Browitt has been identified by New Zealand police as a victim of the volcano eruption.At least 16 people have died following the explosion, and dozens remain in hospitals in Australia and New Zealand being treated for serious injuries. Sydney's Hollander brothers Berend, 16, and Matthew, 13, and Coffs Harbour man Jason Griffiths died in hospital from their burns, while Adelaide man Gavin Dallow, 53, was declared dead on Wednesday.

 

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