10 Climbers, Skiers Killed in Icy Alps
A layer of ice that formed overnight in northern Italy’s Alps sent at least 10 climbers and skiers sliding to their deaths Sunday.
Sunday’s worst accident occurred near Bergamo, 30 miles east of Milan in Italy’s Lombardy province, where four Italian men died, said Giancarlo Stefani, an emergency services medical director in Bergamo.
One of the climbers tried to rescue a dog that had gotten in trouble and fell, Stefani said. The climber’s companions died in subsequent rescue attempts.
A fifth Italian man died climbing a nearby mountain for a ski run down. Five other people died in accidents on Alpine peaks around Lecco, said Guido Villa, emergency aid director in the Alpine town.
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