Canadian woman reportedly dies in Italian hiking incident: media reports
A young Ontario woman who had recently moved to Europe with her fiance died on New Year’s Day after falling off a mountain path during a hike near the Italian-Austrian border.
Chelsea Rebecca Alvarez was hiking on Jan. 1 in a mountainous area in the South Tyrol region of northern Italy, when she reportedly slipped off a path and fell onto rocks in a valley below, local media reports said.
The 24-year-old died instantly, the reports said, and rescue teams recovered her body from the area.
Those who knew her said Alvarez had moved to Italy about six months ago with her fiance, Colin Behenna, a former Ontario Hockey League player who signed a deal to play for the Sterzing Broncos team based in northern Italy.