Aosta valley
A 15 -year -old adolescent loses his life in hiking
A French minor was found dead while he hunted with the family on the slopes of the Becca di Viou, Italy.
As he hiked with the family in the Aosta Valley, the teenager moved away from the group.
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Tragic scene in the Italian Alps: a 15-year-old French teenager from Erbrée (Ille-et-Vilaine) died during a family hike in Aosta Valley, reports the newspaper “The Corriere della Sera”. The drama took place on the slopes of the Becca di Viou, at 2,856 meters above sea level.
While his parents and brother were taking a break, the young man moved away from the group, perhaps to take a shortcut. But he was wrong at a branch, taking left instead of continuing on the right path on the right. The young hiker joined the Alpage de Fouillon before engaging in a descent through a wooded and steep area.
Unsuitable shoes
Around 8 p.m., aware of having lost himself, he sent a video to his family indicating his position and asking for help. Shortly after, he would have slipped on a steep slope of about 50 meters – probably because of his unsuitable sports sneakers, According to the Italian press – And would have died instantly.
Research has been launched immediately, mobilizing the Helpin Valdôtain rescue helicopter, firefighters, volunteers and drones throughout the night. The operations concentrated in the Verdzignola valley, a difficult access zone.
“I shouldn’t have let him go alone”
The lifeless body was finally found at dawn on Wednesday at around 2000 meters above sea level. The father, collapsed, would have declared to help: “I should not have let him go alone.”
An investigation was opened to establish precisely the circumstances of the accident. The first elements confirm that the teenager has spread out of the path and fell shortly after sending his last message.
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