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01/11 12:33 CST Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in nighttime
subfreezing temperatures
Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in nighttime subfreezing
temperatures
MILAN (AP) --- A guard at a construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue
in the mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo died during a frigid overnight
shift, authorities confirmed on Saturday.
Italy's Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini called for a full investigation
into the circumstances of the 55-year-old worker's death.
Italian media reported that the death occurred on Thursday while the worker was
on duty at a construction site near Cortina's ice arena. Temperatures that
night plunged to minus 12 degrees Celsius (10.4 degrees Fahrenheit.)
Milan Cortina organizers said that the worker died of a heart attack.
"The information we have is that it was a death by natural cause, it was a
heart attack. And we are investigating," Andrea Varnier, CEO of the Fondazione
Milano Cortina 2026, told reporters at a test event at the new hockey arena in
Milan.
"All the documentation that we have was in order. And we are waiting for the
investigation to understand what the specific cause was. At the moment, the
information we have from the emergency services is it was a death caused by
natural causes ... while he was on site," Varnier said.
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are scheduled for Feb. 6-22.
The construction site was not one overseen by Simico, the governmental company
responsible for Olympic infrastructure, the company said in a statement
expressing its condolences.
Cortina city officials said they were "deeply saddened and troubled by the
death.''
Cortina will host curling, sliding and women's Alpine skiing.
