Overview
- The crash happened on June 23 on the SS242/Sella Pass road when 30‑year‑old German cyclist Laura Viktoria Härtig and a motorcycle ridden by former Italian skier Peter Runggaldier collided head‑on.
- Emergency crews resuscitated Härtig at the scene and airlifted her to Bolzano before she was moved to a specialist clinic in Bavaria, where she died on July 12 after nearly three weeks in intensive care.
- Runggaldier suffered multiple fractures and abdominal injuries that were not described as life threatening and on July 14 he asked the public for privacy and expressed his condolences.
- The Trento prosecutor’s office and local police are examining road conditions, the vehicles’ positions and other evidence as part of an ongoing inquiry and no charges have been announced.
- Härtig, known online as AllTimeLaura and recently married, had a large outdoor‑sports following and her death has drawn attention to safety on narrow mountain passes and to how authorities reconstruct such collisions.