Overview
- A 32-year-old mountain hut employee from Mortara, Pavia, fell roughly ten meters from the Tremol Uno chairlift at Piancavallo around early afternoon on December 24.
- Preliminary accounts indicate a protective net lifted by gusts caught his boot, leading him to slip beneath the safety bar and fall onto a concrete pylon.
- He sustained severe chest trauma, internal injuries, and significant wounds to the pelvis and legs, underwent surgery in Udine, and remains in intensive care.
- High winds prevented direct helicopter access, so rescuers transported him by ambulance to a safer point before transfer to the hospital in Udine.
- Carabinieri have opened an inquiry into the lift’s condition, safety measures, and weather influences, and ANSA reports a second operation is expected.