German police: 4 people die on Bavarian mountains

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say that four people have fallen to their deaths while hiking in the Bavarian Prealps. State police said Sunday that three people died Saturday at the Maiwand mountain southeast of Munich near the border with Austria. Police said those killed were a couple who were ages 35 and 44 and a 35-year-old man. They were all from Bavaria. A woman witnessed their fall and was able to call emergency services. A 28-year-old American man was found dead  in a separate incident below the north face of the Benediktenwand mountain south of Munich early Sunday. Police said he had been reported missing by his partner.