October 29, 2009 5:48 a.m. EST
Anne Lu - Celebrity News Service News Writer
Nova Scotia, Canada (CNS) - Canadian singer Taylor Mitchell has been mauled to death by coyotes. The 19-year-old up-and-coming star died hiking alone in Cape Breton Highlands National Park Tuesday.
Mitchell was hiking alone in Nova Scotia and walking along the Skyline Trail when two coyotes brutally attacked her. Other hikers in the area heard her screams and called the police. She was then airlifted to a hospital in Halifax, but she was listed in critical condition with bites covering her whole body.
She died Wednesday morning.
According to reports, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived on scene and found the two animals highly aggressive. They shot and injured one of the coyotes, but it fled. They are still searching for the injured coyote, while the other animal was killed later that evening.
Mitchell was recently nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award. She excitedly told fans on her blog ten days earlier that she had just finished her "first 'official' show of the tour."
Canada highlighting Nova Scotia
Taylor Mitchell, a Canadian folk singer, was attacked by two coyotes while hiking alone in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, officials said.

Another hiker nearby heard screams and contacted park rangers, where they found two coyotes attacking Mitchell. Rangers shot and injured one of the animals as it tried to flee.

Mitchell, aged 19, was airlifted to a Halifax hospital in critical condition. That evening, police found what they suspected to be the other coyote, and shot and killed it.

Mitchell died the following morning from bite wounds covering her entire body. The animals were described as "extremely aggressive" by park authorities. The dead coyote was tested to determine what caused the two to attack, as coyote attacks are very rare.