Overview

• The 68-year-old from Nürnberg slipped and plunged about 30 meters on a steep hiking route in Saalfelden, Austria, on June 15.
• She was walking ahead of relatives when she tripped and fell onto a lower trail.
• A doctor, a mountain rescuer and an air rescuer attempted CPR at the scene but could not revive her.
• Bergwacht Salzburg indicated that the section of trail has been the site of multiple previous accidents.
• Her death marks one of several fatal hiking incidents involving German nationals in the Alps and other European mountains this season.