Swiss woman who died after caravan was blown down 30ft drop in Storm Ali died of severe head injuries, inquest hears

A Swiss woman who died when the caravan she was staying in was swept into the sea during Storm Ali in Connemara last year sustained severe traumatic head injuries, an inquest has heard.

Swiss woman who died after caravan was blown down 30ft drop in Storm Ali died of severe head injuries, inquest hears

A Swiss woman who died when the caravan she was staying in was swept into the sea during Storm Ali in Connemara last year sustained severe traumatic head injuries, an inquest has heard.

Swiss nurse Elvira Ferrari (aged 58), a mother of three from Steinmaur, Zurich in Switzerland, tried to escape when winds flipped over the caravan and it was swept down a nine-metre (30 foot) drop into the sea on the morning of September 19, 2018.

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