Two hikers died on Sunday after falling from a rock wall in the Chorde corridor, near the town of Servoz (Haute-Savoie) Emergency services were alerted by witnesses around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, indicates France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

A doctor later confirmed the deaths of the two men. Their identity is not known at this time. An investigation was opened and entrusted to the high mountain gendarmerie platoons (PGHM) of Chamonix.