Atlanta Couple Caught Up in New Zealand Volcano Eruption Have Both Died From Their Injuries

An American couple have now both died from injuries sustained last month in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand, according to authorities.

New Zealand police said Thursday that Pratap Singh, 49, died at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland from the burns he suffered in the volcanic eruption on New Zealand's White Island on Dec. 9, 2019. He becomes the twenty-first person to have died due to the eruption, police said.