The Gorge
Samaria Gorge hiker bled to death, coroner confirms
A coroner's report on Monday confirmed that the death last Wednesday of a German hiker in the Samaria gorge on the island of Crete was due to excessive bleeding after she was struck by falling rocks.
The forensic examination showed "oligemic shock from the traumatic rupture of lower extremity vessels."
Remaining tourists evacuated from Samaria Gorge
Rescue teams evacuated the remaining 10 tourists from the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium who had to spend the night inside a mountain gorge in Crete, after a rockfall killed a German tourist on Wednesday.
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Rescue teams evacuate tourists from Crete’s Samaria Gorge
Rescue teams evacuated the remaining 10 tourists from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium who spent the night inside a mountain gorge in Crete, after a rockfall killed a German tourist on Wednesday.
No major storm damage found during Samaria Gorge checks
Inspectors visiting the Samaria Gorge, a national park and popular tourism destination in southwest Crete, found no major damage to the site in the wake of the storms that battered the Aegean island late last month.