An Italian climber who fell from a height of 3850 metres was killed
An Italian mountaineer was killed Thursday afternoon after falling from the summit of Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border, mountain rescuers said Friday.
The man, born in 1955, of Cortinova (Lombardy) was among a group of three Italian climbers descending by rope from the Dan de Jian Point, which is 4,013 meters high, and fell at about 4:30 in the afternoon from a height of about 3,850 metres.
The Italian emergency services received a notification of the accident, but were busy with other tasks, so they requested the help of the mountain gendarmerie in Chamonix, which rushed to the site accompanied by a doctor, but the latter was unable to revive the climber, according to the faction, confirming the information received from the newspaper "Le Dauphiné Libret". local.
As is the norm when any serious accident occurs in the mountains, an investigation was opened into the circumstances and causes of the accident, which are not yet known.
On Thursday, the investigators listened to the statements of the two shocked climber companions, and on Friday they will hear one of the witnesses.
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