Pregnant California teacher plunges 164 feet to her death after horror fall in Greece - Clara Thomann, 33 slipped and fell hiking near the Preveli Monastery in Crete while on holiday with her partner

Thomann, who was six months pregnant, was pronounced dead just before the New Year after suffering multiple fractures to her chest and skull that rendered her brain dead.

Clara Thomann, 33, who was a science teacher, tragically died while on vacation after she fell at a remote beauty spot near Plakias, on the Island of Crete, on December 23.

Rescue efforts involved 21 firefighters and emergency responders working tirelessly to reach her in what was described as a highly inaccessible location.

Clara Thomann, 33, from Santa Barbara, Calif., slipped and fell 164 feet down a gorge in Preveli on the Greek island of Crete on the afternoon of Dec. 23 and was declared brain-dead on Dec. 29, per SFGate and local outlets Greek Reporter and Nea Kriti.

Clara Thomann from California, had been hiking in Greece with her partner Elliott Finn when tragedy struck the couple, with the Dos Pueblos High School teacher falling 50 metres down a gorge

A schoolteacher from Santa Barbara County who was six months pregnant fell to her death while hiking on the Greek island of Crete late last month, according to multiple reports. The tragic incident occurred on Dec.

A pregnant Santa Barbara woman plummeted to her death while hiking in Greece over the holidays. Clara Thomann, 33, fell about 164 feet down a gorge on the Greek island of Crete on Dec. 23, according to a report by the Greek Reporter.

By all accounts, Clara Thomann was the high school teacher you wanted: young, vibrant, outdoorsy, real and, most of all, the kind that could take the difficult-to-parse world of physics and make it fun.