Terrible accident Tuesday near the Aravis pass, near the resort of La Clusaz (Haute-Savoie).
A 27-year-old woman who was crossing the borderan rock face on a via ferrata fell off the course.
The emergency services were immediately alerted.
A helicopter was dispatched.
In vain.
His lifeless body was found about 150 m below, report local media, including
Le Dauphiné Libéré
.
A group outing
The victim, living near Le Mans (Sarthe), was on vacation in the Alps.
She was not alone on the via ferrata since four other people were moving on the cliff beside her.
Shocked, they were taken care of and hospitalized.
The circumstances of the fall are, for the time being, undetermined.
This type of accident remains relatively rare.
An investigation was opened by the Annecy gendarmerie.
Miscellaneous facts
Savoy: 12-year-old girl falls to death in the void
Miscellaneous facts
Grenoble: A person seriously injured after a fall on a via ferrata
Le Mans
Alps
Mountain
Miscellaneous facts