Michelle Alejandra Rubio Leiva, a 36-year-old Florida resident, died after falling from an exposed mountainside in Italy's Dolomites on Saturday, 17 October, after leaving a trail to take a photograph. Her sister witnessed the fall near Forcella Pordoi and alerted emergency services, according to reports published after the accident.
The estimated distance varies between accounts. CNN, citing local police, reported that Rubio Leiva fell more than 300 metres (about 1,000 feet), while Italian newspapers Il Dolomiti and Corriere della Sera put the fall at about 200 metres and between 200 and 300 metres respectively. The precise distance has not been independently established in the reports reviewed.
