(ANSA) - VICENZA, 19 SEPTEMBER - A 24-year-old American hiker died when he fell over 150 meters from the Strada delleGallerie sul Pasubio.
The hiker, who was with a friend at the exit of the tunnel 23 / a, for reasons to be ascertained, lost his balance on the edge of the escarpment and fell into the void.
When the alarm was triggered, the rescuers on board a VeronaEmergenza helicopter, starting from the coordinates of the point of the fall, carried out a reconnaissance and identified the body in one of several channels at 1,500 meters above sea level.
He then flew alrendez vous with a team from the Schio Alpine Rescue, boarded a rescuer to support the operations and lowered him with a 30-meter winch together with the crew's helicopter rescue technician.
Having obtained the clearance for removal, the recomposed and embodied body was recovered and transported to the Balasso Refuge.
The other rescuers went to meet the boy's companion, assisted by a couple who had witnessed the accident, to accompany him downstream to BocchettaCampiglia.
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