Tragedy as woman dies in rafting incident in Tasmania's south-west

A female has died successful a rafting mishap successful a distant portion of Tasmania's southwest.

The 49-year-old female from Tasmania's southbound drowned connected Thursday afternoon.

Initial investigations indicated her raft flipped successful nan rapids of nan Franklin River.

Members of nan rafting statement attempted CPR connected nan woman, but she was incapable to beryllium revived.

The group of 12 were connected a rafting travel successful nan Franklin River, heavy successful nan Tasmanian World Heritage Wilderness Area.

Tasmania Police Search and Rescue officers, chopper resources and paramedics retrieved nan group adjacent nan Livingston Rivulet and nan Coruscades accelerated connected nan Franklin River connected Friday.

No different members of nan group, including nan victim's partner, suffered superior beingness injuries.

Helicopters attempted to retrieve nan group connected Thursday day but had to return Friday greeting owed to nan challenging upwind and constricted visibility.

Much of nan group's camping gear, tents, tarps and clothing had been mislaid successful nan stream connected Thursday.

Tasmania Police Marine and Rescue Western Division Acting Inspector Russell Judges said nan retrieval was a difficult cognition owed to nan distant and rugged location.

"This is simply a tragic incident successful what was planned arsenic an escapade for a group of friends who shared a passion for nan Tasmanian wilderness," Judges said.

Police investigations are still ongoing, however, it is believed that nan group of friends were knowledgeable successful nan Tasmanian outdoors and had privately organised nan travel arsenic portion of a 10-day rafting travel successful nan Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.

The mishap occurred connected nan 5th time of nan trip.

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