Two women died Wednesday January 1st a few hours apart in Haute-Garonne, in the same sector of the Pyrenees, after having slipped and fallen from 300 meters high, AFP learned from the CRS Pyrénées.
The first accident, which took place early Wednesday morning in the town of Boutx, caused the death of a 33-year-old woman who had gone for a walk, accompanied by two other people, with insufficient equipment for this type of hike in winter, according to the CRS at the Luchon aid station (Haute-Garonne).
A few hours later, a comparable accident, also near Cagire peakbut in the town of Arguenos, caused the death ofa 46 year old woman.
The latter had left with her companion, also “with shoes that are not necessarily suitable”while the snow, which has become “almost ice”, is currently extremely slippery. “We had snowfall, then it rained and it froze with the temperatures,” making very slippery floorsexplained the CRS, for whom “we must be vigilant”.
The Saint-Gaudens public prosecutor’s office requested autopsies to determine the exact causes of these two deaths, indicated La Dépêche.
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