Basejumper dies in Swiss ‘Valley of Death’

A base jumper has suffered a fatal fall in Stechelberg, a hamlet of Lauterbrunnen, canton Bern. The man had jumped with his wingsuit from Mürren. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The accident occurred at around 1.50pm on Wednesday, the police announced on Thursday. Rescuers who arrived at the scene could only note the death of the man. There are concrete clues to the identity of the victim, but no formal identification has yet taken place. An investigation into the incident has been opened. + ‘Valley of Death’: are the Swiss too tolerant of extreme sports? Translated from Italian by DeepL/ts How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select have been ...