Tourist dies in Polish Tatra mountains
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
03.04.2017 09:29
A tourist has died after falling from a great height in the Tatra mountains in southern Poland.
Photo: PAP/Grzegorz Momot
According to the rescuers, on Sunday afternoon the tourist slipped on an icy trail on the Mięguszowiecki Summits, and fell “a few hundred metres” and suffered fatal injuries.
The incident was witnessed by several other hikers who happened to be walking along the same path at the time.
The woman was pronounced dead by the members of the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue service (TOPR) aboard their rescue helicopter which was called to the scene. The body was transported to the nearby city of Zakopane.
The Mięguszowiecki Summits are a popular hiking range in the Tatra mountains. At 2,499 metres, the Mięguszowiecki Grand Peak is the second highest mountain in Poland.
Despite warm temperatures around the country in the first week of April, there is still some snow and icy patches in the Tatra mountains.
TOPR volunteers were summoned a total of 16 times over the weekend. (rg/pk)