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On Tuesday afternoon, a group of six climbers descended from the bladder lift. A woman fell and slid several hundred meters down the slope, Bern canton police said. He lost sight of the rest of the group.
Two companions immediately followed him to keep an eye on things. They were finally able to locate the accident victim and get down to her, at the same time that the so-called rescue helicopters arrived at the scene. The American woman later died in hospital.
“You left too early”
The victim is Annabelle N. * (20) from the US state of Utah, announced her fellowship at the church. He has lived in Switzerland since 2019, where he did missionary work for Mormons.
Your friends are grieving on their social media profiles. “You left too early,” someone writes. “I pray for you,” another.
The companions are cared
The two uninjured companions who had approached her were unharmed. “We are working to give them the support they need to accept what happened,” the church spokesman said.
A crew of Air-Glaciers and Rega were deployed, as well as members of Alpine Rescue Switzerland. The police of the canton of Bern have launched investigations to clarify the exact course of the accident. (szm)