The Midi needle has been particularly dangerous in recent days. A skier died Thursday morning going down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi, in the Mont-Blanc massif (Haute-Savoie), the emergency services said, two days after another accident in the same sector. According to France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpesthe victim is a 31 -year -old Italian.
He was part of a group of three skiers, who took the Mallory-Porter route, well known to mountaineers, including very steep slopes. The victim has unscrewed and fell. The facts occurred around 8:30 am.
Despite the intervention of the rescuers of the Chamonix High Mountain (PGHM) platoon, the victim could not be resuscitated. The young Italian was declared who died at the scene of the fall. His body was descended by a civil security helicopter.
Several accidents in recent days
The sector has been particularly accident in recent days. Last Tuesday It was a young speedrider who lost his life also on the north face of the massif. Again, the 20 -year -old young man has unscrewed and fell deadly.
A steep slope skier of fifty years Also killed on May 10 In the famous cosmic corridor of Mont-Blanc after a fall of 300 m.
