Overview

• Leon Moser, 19, from Tubre, died after a bronze statue collapsed onto him around 3 a.m. in Piazza Municipio, Glorenza, in Val Venosta.
• He was with friends and had climbed onto the central fountain when the roughly two‑meter statue mounted on an elevated basin suddenly gave way.
• Emergency responders from the Croce Bianca and the Carabinieri arrived, and Moser was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Local reports identify the site as a public fountain in the town’s main square, where the statue’s failure caused lethal injuries.
• Il Messaggero reports that Moser aspired to join Alpine Rescue and become an air ambulance pilot, had earned a pilot’s license, and had reportedly passed the admission exam.