79-year-old suffers fatal fall during family hike on Piz Ot
Published: Sunday, Aug 4th 2024, 11:10
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A 79-year-old hiker fell to his death from an alpine hiking trail on Piz Ot near Samedan GR on Saturday afternoon. The grandfather was descending the mountain with family members.
He followed the group at some distance, as the Graubünden cantonal police reported on Sunday. The family noticed he was missing after a while and went to investigate. They saw that the grandfather had gone off the path and fallen about 25 meters.
As the accident site was difficult to access, Swiss Air-Rescue was alerted. Their crew and specialists from Alpine Rescue reached the man. They were only able to recover him dead. A care team looked after the relatives. The cantonal police launched an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.
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