Body of missing NUIG kayaker found in Ecuador

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The body of a Galway resident who went missing after a kayaking accident in Ecuador last weekend has been recovered.
26-year-old David Higgins is a native of Kerry but had been living in Galway for a number of years.
It’s understood Mr Higgins was a graduate of the School of Engineering at NUI Galway and a member of the college’s Kayak Club.
He went missing when he and 19-year-old Sligo man Alex McGourty got into difficulty during a kayaking trip last weekend.
Mr. McGourty’s body was discovered on Saturday and Ecuadorian media is now reporting that David Higgins’ body has also been recovered from a tributary of the river they had been kayaking in.