Body of missing Hong Kong hiker, 52, found a day after she was swept away while swimming in country park stream
- Rescuers found the body of Yeung Pik-ying trapped between rocks in Wang Chung Stream in Pat Sin Leng Country Park
- She had gone hiking with a partner amid worsening weather on Wednesday
Firefighters have found the body of a 52-year-old hiker who went missing after being swept away by a flash flood while swimming in a Hong Kong country park.
They found the body of Yeung Pik-ying trapped between rocks in Wang Chung Stream in Pat Sin Leng Country Park at about 8.30am on Thursday.
The site in Tai Po is about a 30-minute walk from the Dragon Ball Waterfall area of the stream, where she was washed away while swimming on Wednesday as a red rainstorm warning was in force, according to a law enforcement source.
He said the body was later airlifted to the main dam of Plover Cove Reservoir, where relatives confirmed her identity.
The source said no suspicious wounds were found on the woman’s body and an autopsy was likely to be carried out to ascertain the cause of death.
Yeung and her friend – a 61-year-old man – had set off from Bride’s Pool Road at about 9.30am on Wednesday to hike along the stream, 15 minutes before the Observatory issued an amber rainstorm warning. It was raised to red at 10.45am.