Overview

• The 62-year-old woman went missing after an evening e-bike ride with her dog near Geislbach, triggering a multiagency search.
• The operation deployed 14 rescue dogs from volunteer units, police patrols, a helicopter and a drone equipped with a heat camera.
• Around 4 a.m. a handler from Feuerwehr Pastetten tracked fresh bicycle ruts on a field path that led teams toward the victim’s position.
• Drone pilots first spotted the woman’s dog under a tree and its barking then pinpointed the injured cyclist lying nearby.
• First responders administered on-site first aid, carried the woman out by stretcher and transferred her to paramedics for hospital care.