Krystal Eve Browitt, a 21-year-old Australian from the city of Melbourne, is the first of 15 people who died in the explosion to be named by the New Zealand police following the White Island eruption last week.
Krystal Eve Browitt has been officially named by police as one of the victims of the White Island volcanic eruption in New Zealand.
Browitt, a 21-year-old Australian from the city of Melbourne, is the first of 15 people who died in the explosion to be named by the New Zealand police., Browitt was traveling with her mother Marie, her father Paul and her sister Stephanie on a 13-day trip around New Zealand.
"Paul is in Auckland in a coma in the burn's unit, Stephanie is in Christchurch in the burns unit in a coma. Sadly, the youngest Krystal is yet to be found and listed as missing." Steam rises from the White Island volcano following the December 9 volcanic eruption, in Whakatane on December 11, 2019. At least 15 people are reported to have died from the eruption. Krystal Eve Browitt is the first officially named by police.According to Browitt's Facebook page, she was studying veterinary nursing at Melbourne Polytechnic, while working at Woolworths.Browitt was a"much-loved member of the Kolbe community" and her teachers described her as"a beautiful soul.
Recovery efforts continue after a volcanic eruption on December 9 left multiple people dead and many more injured.
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