Kiwi killed on Death Road

The New Zealander who died in Bolivia in a mountainbike accident on one of the world’s most dangerous roads was Emile Vollenhoven, an Auckland physiotherapist. Vollenhoven was travelling through South

America on a trip of a lifetime with his long-term girlfriend Brittany

Homan. ‘‘My baby. My soulmate. My everything. 5 years were not enough but I will cherish every moment we had. Fly high my angel, wait for me up there, I’ll always be yours,’’ Homan wrote in an Instagram post. The accident happened on the notorious Yungas highway from La Paz to Coroico, commonly known as ’’Death Road’’, about 11.50am (Bolivian time) on Wednesday. Vollenhoven was on a guided tour with Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking Bolivia.