RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — An Israeli woman was killed after a falling rock hit her during a bicycle tour along a dangerous area dubbed the “Death Road” in the mountains of Bolivia.
The 22-year-old woman died after the rock, which weighed 440 pounds, crushed her leg along the Yungas Road, Ynet reported.
She was evacuated in critical condition on a makeshift stretcher that her Israeli friends concocted in the field after the rescue helicopter they called via a satellite phone was unable to approach due to extreme weather conditions. She succumbed on the way to the hospital.
Dubbed “El Camino de la Muerte” by locals, or the Death Road, the Yungas Road is considered by many to be the most dangerous stretch of road in the world. The 40-mile journey from its summit entices in excess of 25,000 mountain bike riders annually.