Newlywed Woman Dies After Trying to Reach ‘Into the Wild’ Bus in Alaska

A photo taken onboard Air Force One enroute Alaska shows a National Parks Service map shows the newly renamed "Denali" which was formerly known as Mount McKinley in Alaska, on Aug. 31, 2015. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

An Eastern European woman, who was recently wed, died in Alaska while attempting to visit an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild,” state troopers said.

On Thursday, July 25, Veramika Maikamava and her husband, Piotr Markielau, both 24, were hiking on the Stampede Trail in Healy, Alaska State Troopers said.