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He was part of a group of seven people, belonging to a parish in Vienna, who was making the Heavenly Path and who saw him fall helpless.
A 64-year-old hiker from Vienna lost his life in the early afternoon during a hike between Montemaggiore and Punta Montemaggiore. The man fell for about forty meters into a canal and suffered severe trauma as he climbed up the path marked cai 742 at an altitude of about 1300 meters.
He was part of a group of seven people, belonging to a parish in Vienna, who was making the Heavenly Path and who saw him fall helpless. To betray him was a stone moved by himself or a bad foot, the fact is that he fell in a very exposed stretch that made him fall and pick up speed.
The regional helicopter rescue service was brought to the scene, which also loaded a technician from the Udine Gemona station on board and hoisted the medical technical team on the spot. The man was still alive when help arrived but while trying to stabilize him he died due to severe trauma. At the Campodibonis base camp, in addition to the personnel of the Udine Alpine Rescue station, there were the Carabinieri and the red cross of Tarcento.