Overview
- A 52-year-old Italian woman suffered severe head trauma and died following a fall aboard a sailboat in the Kalamos area, with authorities first alerted on Saturday, June 27.
- A Hellenic Coast Guard motorboat and a land patrol escorted the sailboat to Lefkada tourist port and the unconscious woman was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where she later died.
- The Lefkada Port Authority has taken the boat into custody and launched preliminary investigations to determine whether the injury came from striking the deck or being hit by the mainsail boom.
- The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed the case and the embassy in Athens is providing consular assistance to the victim’s family while the woman’s partner and two friends are reported to be in shock.
- The incident occurred in a busy Ionian Sea tourist area and investigators will likely use forensic checks and witness interviews to clarify the sequence of events before decisions on autopsy or repatriation are made.