Irish Woman (75) Died After 60 Foot Fall While Hiking In Mallorca
Bizarre/Strange
Monday 24th, October 2022
Department of Foreign Affairs officials are providing consular assistance to the family of a 75-year old Irish holidaymaker who died after a hiking accident in Mallorca.
The woman lost her balance and plunged more than 60ft as she was out walking with a group of around a dozen other tourists.
Police mountaineers and firefighters were among the emergency responders mobilised after the alarm was raised around midday on Sunday.
But there was nothing they could do to save her life and her body was removed by a Civil Guard helicopter to a heliport at the island’s Inca Hospital.
The tragedy happened at Pas d’en Segarra, a small overhang on a cliff a path popular with Sunday walkers goes through.
The woman, who has not yet been named, is believed to have been hiking the five-hour Puig Roig circuit, a scenic long loop around the base of a mountain called Puig Roig in the municipality of Escorca in north-west Mallorca.
The classic route offers beautiful panoramic views of the island’s north coast and goes past an old police barracks built as part of the fight against tobacco and alcohol smugglers who used to operate in the area.
Some of the people accompanying the accident victim, who police said were all Irish, are said to have witnessed the tragedy.
It was not immediately clear if the group included the woman’s relatives, or where she was from in Ireland.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed it is aware of the case and is providing consular assistance.
“As with all consular cases, the department does not comment on the details of any specific case,” the spokesman said.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard, confirming the incident, said: “A 75-year-old Irish woman died... after suffering an accident while she was doing a hike in the area.
“The victim fell from a height of around 20 metres after losing her balance, suffering serious head injuries which caused her death in the place where she had her accident.”
A well-placed source added: “She was the oldest of a group of around 12 people who were all Irish.
“She hit her head when she fell and died virtually instantaneously.”
A post-mortem is due to take place in the coming hours and a routine investigation has been launched by a local court.
The route thewoman is thought to have been doing is one of the classic hiking routes in the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range which is around 50 miles long.
It stretches around 50 miles from Andratx in the south-west to the Cap de Formentor in the far north of the island.
The woman lost her balance and plunged more than 60ft as she was out walking with a group of around a dozen other tourists.
Police mountaineers and firefighters were among the emergency responders mobilised after the alarm was raised around midday on Sunday.
But there was nothing they could do to save her life and her body was removed by a Civil Guard helicopter to a heliport at the island’s Inca Hospital.
The tragedy happened at Pas d’en Segarra, a small overhang on a cliff a path popular with Sunday walkers goes through.
The woman, who has not yet been named, is believed to have been hiking the five-hour Puig Roig circuit, a scenic long loop around the base of a mountain called Puig Roig in the municipality of Escorca in north-west Mallorca.
The classic route offers beautiful panoramic views of the island’s north coast and goes past an old police barracks built as part of the fight against tobacco and alcohol smugglers who used to operate in the area.
Some of the people accompanying the accident victim, who police said were all Irish, are said to have witnessed the tragedy.
It was not immediately clear if the group included the woman’s relatives, or where she was from in Ireland.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed it is aware of the case and is providing consular assistance.
“As with all consular cases, the department does not comment on the details of any specific case,” the spokesman said.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard, confirming the incident, said: “A 75-year-old Irish woman died... after suffering an accident while she was doing a hike in the area.
“The victim fell from a height of around 20 metres after losing her balance, suffering serious head injuries which caused her death in the place where she had her accident.”
A well-placed source added: “She was the oldest of a group of around 12 people who were all Irish.
“She hit her head when she fell and died virtually instantaneously.”
A post-mortem is due to take place in the coming hours and a routine investigation has been launched by a local court.
The route thewoman is thought to have been doing is one of the classic hiking routes in the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range which is around 50 miles long.
It stretches around 50 miles from Andratx in the south-west to the Cap de Formentor in the far north of the island.
