A French woman dies after falling 200 meters off the top of Peña Vieja (Cantabria)

A 59-year-old French woman died this afternoon when she fell 200 meters off the top of Peña Vieja, in the Massif Central of the Picos de Europa. The corpse has been recovered despite the fact that it was in a place that was very difficult to access.

This has been reported to Europa Press by sources from the Civil Guard and the Government Delegation, who have indicated that at the time of the event, around 2:50 p.m., the woman was with her husband in this area of open forest when she fell off for unknown reasons.

After receiving the notice, members of the Special Mountain Intervention Rescue Group (GREIM) of Cantabria and the Asturias Civil Guard helicopter went to the scene..

The patrol of the Civil Guard of Potes has transferred the husband of the deceased to the health center of this town due to his state of anxiety.

This is the second death of a French citizen in Cantabria in less than 24 hours, as a speleologist died this Thursday after being trapped in a cave under exploration in the Cantabrian municipality of Soba, in the Portillo de La Sía area, due to a rockslide.