Disaster Management Special Unit

Tourist, 35, dies in rockfall in Crete’s Samaria Gorge

A 35-year-old female tourist has been killed in a rockfall in Crete's Samaria Gorge and other tourists are understood to be stranded in the area, where they were hiking.

According to information from the medical examiner's office, the woman was injured in the shin and died of uncontrollable bleeding.

A helicopter has been mobilized to transport her body from the gorge.