A British woman is believed to have died while hiking in the Italian Dolomites.
The woman, whose name has not been released, is thought to have been trekking with her husband in Catinaccio, Italy, when she slipped and fell 100ft onto the rocks below.
Local media claims the incident took place at around 2pm on 24 July.
Earlier this month an avalanche killed nearly a dozen people in the Dolomites when a huge ball of ice fell from a melting glacier.
The 56-year-old’s death is the second of a British citizen in Italy in a week after Aran Chada, 51, from Leicestershire, drowned in Lake Garda.
He is thought to have had a seizure after leaping from a boat to save his young son in the water.
Sky News has contacted the Foreign, Development and Commonwealth Office for comment.
Louise Atkinson, 55, was climbing with her partner when they found themselves on a precipitous stretch across cliffs and rock faces involving rungs, ladders and iron cords. The tragic fall happened in the Catinaccio massif near the town of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy.
A British woman has fallen to her death while hiking in the Italian Dolomites.
The 56-year-old, who has not been named by police, was reportedly trekking with her husband when she slipped and plunged 100ft.
Local reports suggest the woman was on the popular hiking destination of Catinaccio when she fell on to the rocks below, at around 2pm on July 24.
It came around a week after a 54-year-old hiker fell to his death nearby.
Earlier this month, an avalanche on the Dolomites killed nearly a dozen people when a huge chunk of ice detached from a melting glacier and sent a torrent of ice, rock and debris on to hikers below
The latest Dolomites death is the second confirmed tragedy involving Britons in Italy in the last week.
It follows the death of businessman Aran Chada, a 51-year-old sales director from Leicestershire, who is thought to have had a seizure when he leapt from a boat into Lake Garda to save his young son from drowning.
A 56-year-old Canadian woman died after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy’s Dolomite mountains and her companion was being treated for severe hypothermia, Italy’s Alpine Rescue Corps said Friday.
The two climbers, exhausted and suffering hypothermia, called for help Thursday evening after being hit by the snowstorm about two kilometres (more than a mile) from a mountain refuge. The hikers were not identified by name or hometown.
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