Several injured
One dead in glacier collapse on Mont Blanc
One person died on Monday morning when part of a glacier collapsed on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif. Four other people were injured, one of them seriously, according to the prefecture of Haute-Savoie in France.
Seven other climbers were able to escape unharmed. There was initially no information about the origin of the fatality.
Climbers were on their way to the summit
The accident site is located at an altitude of 4,100 meters. The collapse of the glacier section occurred below Mont Blanc du Tacul, a 4248-metre-high peak, while several climbers were on their way to the summit.
Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, is - according to current calculations - the highest mountain in the Alps at 4805.59 meters.
Both France and Italy have a share of the mountain, although the exact border has long been disputed.
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