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Judi Lynn

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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 09:08 PM Oct 2015

Belgian woman dies after falling into geyser during holiday in Chile

Belgian woman dies after falling into geyser during holiday in Chile

Francoise Guillaume was traveling with her husband through northern Chile when she accidentally backed into geyser while taking a photo, police say

AFP in Santiago
Thursday 15 October 2015 18.09 EDT

A Belgian holidaymaker has died in Chile after falling into a geyser while taking a photo, a hospital source said.

The woman, 68-year-old Françoise Guillaume, was traveling in northern Chile with her husband when she accidentally backed into the geyser last Friday, say police.

“She died this morning at dawn,” said a source at the hospital in Santiago where she was taken after the accident.

The incident occurred in the northern region of Antofagasta, where thousands of tourists each year visit the Tatio geothermal geysers.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/15/belgian-woman-dies-chile-geyser

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