A minibus with four people on board ended up in the Avencon stream in Val d’Ayas, near the town of Champoluc. The victim was a 71-year-old man
A 9-seater van used for transporting tourists ended up in a stream in the heart of the renowned ski resort of Champoluc, at the foot of Monte Rosa. The budget of the accident of one dead and three wounded. The victim was the driver, a 71-year-old Italian, while the passengers, a couple of 75 and 77 and a 67-year-old woman, were taken to the emergency room of the Parini hospital in Aosta. The spouses are not serious, while the other woman suffered trauma under evaluation.
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The vehicle traveled the regional 45 of the Ayas valley downstream when shortly after 18 the driver lost control. It was on the rue Dondeynaz, just before the Champoluc square. The van crossed the entire roadway, then ripped off the protections and ended up in the water in the Avencon stream, explains the mayor of Ayas, Alex Brunod. One of the hypotheses that the driver was the victim of an illness before leaving the road at the height of the bridge that crosses the river.
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The firefighters, a technician from the Aosta Valley mountain rescue, the carabinieri, the forestry corps and three 118 ambulances intervened on the spot. jump into the water to retrieve the driver which showed no signs of life and the attempts to revive it, once brought out of the stream, were worthless.
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January 22, 2022 (change January 22, 2022 | 21:17)
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