Swiss mountains
Accident near Zermatt: German hiker runs after dog – and falls to her death
A view of the Matterhorn near Zermatt
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A tragic accident occurred in the Swiss mountains. A German hiker died in an accident while running after her dog. The animal was rescued unharmed.
A woman from Germany died in an accident while hiking with her dog in the Swiss mountains. As the police reported on Wednesday, the 37-year-old was in the area of Zermatt (Canton of Valais) hiked from a cable car station to the Sunnegga Alpe. When her off-leash dog ran to a rock face, the woman followed him and fell about 70 meters.
In the accident that happened on August 16, the German was fatally injured. The dog was rescued unharmed on the edge of the rock. It remained unclear from which region of Germany the woman came. Swiss authorities generally do not disclose details of the origin of foreign accident victims.