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A woman who fell 300 metres to her death in Italy could be heard screaming as she fell, according to a report.
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Maria Cristina Masocco, who lived in Feltre, Belluno, Italy, fell while walking with a group in the Dolomites, Newsflash said.
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She slipped off the edge of a cliff on Sunday.
Witnesses told Newsflash they were walking single file along a ledge when Masocco fell “screaming” into a ravine.
“The news that arrived this evening of the tragic death … strikes us in a truly profound way,” Viviana Fusaro, the mayor of Feltre, said, according to the New York Post.
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The other hikers called police and a rescue helicopter was sent to the scene, but Masocco was dead by the time they arrived, Newsflash reported.
“In these hours, no words can soothe the intimate suffering of the mother, younger sister and friends,” Fusaro said. “I want to express to them the sincere closeness of the entire community, who joins in an embrace to their great pain.”
