The Haut Giffre ultra-trail in Haute-Savoie, scheduled from June 14 to 16, was interrupted this Saturday, June 15 following a critical accident through the evening. Three runners suffered vital falls on the course. An intervention continues to be underway. Provisional outcomes: one useless and two injured.
There have been 4,100 of them initially of the‘Extremely Path of Haut Giffre this Friday June 14. A departure already postponed resulting from climate situations. The present races have been canceled early this Saturday, June 15 resulting from accidents within the evening between three and 4 within the morning. Three riders fell, together with one who misplaced his life and two who have been significantly injured.
In accordance with the Haute-Savoie prefecture, the organizers known as public emergency providers with the intervention of excessive mountain rescue and firefighters given the seriousness of the state of affairs. The climate situations made the intervention sophisticated. As helicopters mightn’t take off, the injured started to be evacuated by land.
On the finish of the morning, one of many rescue helicopters managed to take off and evacuate one of many significantly injured victims to the Annecy hospital heart. Round ten runners have been barely injured, notably hypothermia linked to the chilly through the race.
Rescue operations are nonetheless underway.
