According to newschannel10.com, a 47-year-old man is dead after a fatal fall in Palo Duro Canyon Monday afternoon. Randall County officials believe the man to be an Austrian tourist. The victim’s name has not been released. Palo Duro Canyon Park Superintendent Cory Evans told NewsChannel 10 that a friend of the deceased reported him missing around 3 p.m. when he did not show up after taking a hike. Read article
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According to gazette.com, authorities say a 55-year-old Colorado Springs man on a guided climb died while descending the highest mountain in Grand Teton National Park. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports (http://bit.ly/130Z8QG ) Gary Miller, of Colorado Springs, slipped in a snowfield and slid into an icy water moat on the Lower Saddle of […]
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As reported by Wharfevalleytoday.com, a woman has died after falling 100 feet down a cliff. The 48-year-old woman fell at Neist Point, a popular tourist spot on the most westerly point of Skye, on Saturday. Emergency services were called at around 4pm and the woman was taken to hospital, where she died. Read Article
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Vijaychowk.com reports that a tourist was killed when he fell off from a roof in Amer Palace complex here today, officials said. Rajnish Kumar (42), hailing from Noida, was busy shooting with his camera when he accidentally fell off from the roof. He was rushed to SMS government hospital where he succumbed to severe head […]
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CNN reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” died Wednesday while on vacation in Italy. He was 51. The exact cause of death is not known, but his managers said it was possibly a heart attack. “It is with immense sorrow that we report […]
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Yahoo News New Zealand reports that Thai police are investigating the death of a New Zealand man. The body of Alan Mouncey was discovered at a tourist resort on Monday. The Dunedin man was found in a hotel bathroom at P Place Apartments in Pattaya. Read article
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According to thelocal.no, an American tourist in her 60s died during a cruise of the Arctic when a dinghy she boarded to visit a fjord in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago capsized, local officials said Tuesday. The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, was holidaying on the Sea Spirit cruise ship and had boarded the dinghy to […]
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Thecourier.co.uk reports that a man has died after a Border Force raid on a boat in the Isles of Scilly, police said. The man, believed to be a Dutch national in his early 60s, suffered serious injuries when he fell from the mast of a yacht, Devon and Cornwall Police said. He was taken to […]
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Gulftoday.ae reports that a teenage British tourist has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Bulgaria’s popular tourist resort of Sunny Beach, local police said on Sunday. Investigators said the victim was a 19-year-old man, who had arrived in the Black Sea resort on June 10. He reportedly took a taxi and ran up […]
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Newsok.com reports that an 81-year-old cruise ship passenger from New York state has died at a beach in the Cayman Islands. Police on Friday identified the victim as Louis Janvier DeBiase of Deer Park. Police say he lost consciousness while swimming at Public Beach on Grand Cayman on Thursday. Read article
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