Pensioner from Vienna Fell on Traunstein: Dead
Die Wienerin stürzte etwa 150 Meter über felsiges Steilgelände ab.
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A 79-year-old retiree from Vienna fell from a great height and was fatally injured in a mountain accident on the Traunstein in Gmunden on Tuesday.
The woman fell about 150 meters over rocky steep terrain at an altitude of about 1,300 meters, finally coming to rest in a scree field, as the police reported on Wednesday. The emergency doctor and paramedics, who were immediately alerted by eyewitnesses, could only confirm the woman's death.
79-Year-Old Fatally Injured on Traunstein
The accident occurred during the descent via the south-facing Mairalmsteig. The retiree undertook the mountain tour on the 1,691-meter-high Traunstein with her cousin of the same age from Bavaria. According to the police, both were experienced mountaineers and had climbed the Traunstein several times before. The police have no evidence of third-party negligence.
(APA/Red)
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