Public Safety and Solicitor General
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a fall near Gold River on Aug. 13, 2016.
He was Kevin Edward Allen Huntington, aged 27, of Campbell River.
On the afternoon of Aug. 13, 2016, Mr. Huntington and a friend were hiking up a steep section of trail on the Kings Peak Trail about 10 kilometres east of Gold River. Mr. Huntington slipped and fell over an embankment a distance of more than 100 metres. He was deceased at the scene.
The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate this death.
The family of Mr. Huntington has been notified of his death. On behalf of family members, the BC Coroners Service asks that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time.
