Party to the mushrooms, he is found in hypothermia after falling

Significant resources were mobilized this Sunday at the end of the day in the Fessy sector (Haute-Savoie) to find a 70-year-old man.

His companion called the emergency services, worried not to see him return from his mushroom picking;

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victim of a fall

The septuagenarian had indeed left without a telephone and could not be located.

High mountain gendarmes were deployed, but they could not be supported by the Civil Security Dragon 74 helicopter, night having fallen.

The man was finally found after several hours of searching, around 11 p.m.

He had fallen and was in a state of mild hypothermia.

He was taken to hospital.

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• Annecy

• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Fall

• Gendarmerie