Mountaineers missing after avalanche
Monday, August 25, 2008 at 11:08 am Under World News Alerts 8 views
An avalanche hit climbers on Mont Blanc on Sunday (August 24), leaving seven injured and eight others missing and French police said there was little hope of finding any survivors.
The injured included French and Italians. Five Austrians and three Swiss were among the missing. The avalanche occurred at dawn, an Italian police official said earlier on Sunday.
Among those injured, four had left hospital while another three were still being treated.
France’s Minister of the Interior, Michelle Alliot Marie, visited the injured at Chamonix hospital, where they are being treated. ”Only the most seriously injured remain here like the one I just spoke to,” she said after visiting injured mountaineer, Nicolas, in his hospital bed. ”There are a dozen people who have disappeared, probably buried by the avalanche,” she added.
One of the survivors, mountaineer Nicolas said the avalanche had struck very quickly. ” It was very unexpected, we were swept away, it went very fast, it was a few seconds, maybe a minute,” he said.
French rescue forces have suspended their search for the missing climbers due to hazardous conditions.
Mont Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps, spanning the border between Italy and France.
(Agencies)
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