A coroner’s report released on Monday confirms that the death of a 33-year-old tourist attempting to hike through Crete’s famed Samaria Gorge last Wednesday amid a sudden squall was due to massive blood loss, although the latter was not caused by falling rocks.
Instead, the autopsy revealed that the woman, a Ukrainian national living in Germany, was severely cut in the leg by broken and jagged pieces of wood comprising the beams of the collapsed bridge she was passing.
The development appears to confirm initial testimony by eyewitnesses, who cited the small bridge’s collapse from rockslide due to the inclement weather instead of an actual rock or bolder striking the woman.
