The facilitator Laura Viktoria Härtig died at the age of 30 following a cycling accident with an Olympian Peter Rungaldier while on honeymoon in Italy.
Härtig was involved in a fatal accident while hiking in the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy on June 23 when his bicycle collided with a motorcycle driven by climber Runggaldier, 57, according to local media. The incident happened two days after Härtig shared photos of her Italian wedding with her husband Tilman via his Instagram account, citing a June 21 post, “Soulmate for life.”
Local reports say the impact was so strong that it split Härtig's bike in half and sent him flying off the road. It is reported that he was consulted by a doctor at the scene of the incident and rushed to medical treatment immediately.
A mirror reports that Härtig was taken to a hospital in Bolzano by helicopter but his family later moved him to Bavaria, where he died on Sunday, July 12.
At the time, the local police said on Facebook: “Road accident. This morning the force attended a road accident in Passo Sella, kilometer 32 + 400. A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved. The road was blocked for about an hour. It intervened to support the Canazei VVF, the White Cross of Canazei, the emergency services of Trentino and the helicopter services.”
According to the source, Runggaldier suffered serious fractures and stomach injuries in the accident.
Us Weekly reached out to Runggaldier for comment.
The investigation into the crash by the Trento Prosecutor's Office is ongoing, according to A mirror.
On Tuesday, Runggaldier broke her silence on Instagram asking the public to respect her privacy while she heals.
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Courtesy Instagram / Laura Viktoria Hartig“Dear friends, regarding the terrible traffic accident I was involved in, I ask you to respect my time of pain and my need for privacy,” he wrote. “My thoughts go out to all the people involved and their families. I trust your sympathy and please understand that at this time I will not be making any interviews or statements.”
Runggaldier is an elite skier, who represented Italy at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and again in Nagano, Japan, in 1998. He won the Alpine Skiing World Cup twice, in 1995 in Whistler, Canada, and in 1996 in Hakuba, Japan.
During that time, Härtig gained a social media following under the name “AllTimeLaura,” describing herself as an “outdoor enthusiast” who was interested in “skiing, hiking, climbing, biking. [and] the mountains.”
“I love being outside,” she wrote in her Instagram bio.
On June 21, she shared photos of her wedding in northern Italy, where she exchanged vows with her husband Tilman during an outdoor ceremony in front of the alpine mountains.
