US EditionGerman Backpacker Found Alive in Western Australia's Outback
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, JUL 11 – Police found the van abandoned after mechanical failure in remote terrain and continue searching for 26-year-old backpacker Carolina Wilga amid harsh conditions and vast area coverage.
- After being missing for 12 days in Western Australia's isolated Karroun Hill Nature Reserve, German traveler Carolina Wilga was located alive on July 11.
- Wilga disappeared after her 1995 Mitsubishi van became immobilized in thick bushland near Beacon, where she was last spotted on June 29 at a local general store.
- Police mounted a major land and air search amid harsh conditions with temperatures dropping to near zero and a dense, hostile environment of challenging flora and fauna.
- WA police inspector Martin Glynn said, "She would have covered a lot of ground as she tried to make her way out," and confirmed she had no serious injuries but many minor wounds.
- Wilga was flown to a medical facility in Perth to receive treatment, her family has been informed, and authorities anticipate her story will highlight extraordinary courage in overcoming severe challenges.
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The 26-year-old German was found alive on Friday afternoon after the police launched a search call. The woman had survived in a "really challenging" environment. The 26-year-old Carolina W. had a "trauma" behind her, which she had survived with "tap," said Martin Glynn of the police in the state of Western Australia. A stranger had found W. on a bushpath, reports the Australian newspaper "The West Australian". According to the report, the young …
Almost two weeks after the last contact with family and friends, Carolina Wilga was found "well and safe" by a "public member". She is being accompanied by a hospital in Perth.
The tourist had also left her van in a remote area of the Australian outback.
After twelve days in the Australian outback, Carolina was found. After she was rescued, the police came to the challenges she had to overcome. Her friends are also relieved.
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