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A guard at a construction site near the 2026 Winter Olympics venue in the Cortina d’Ampezzo mountain resort died during a freezing night shift, authorities confirmed on Saturday.
italian infrastructure minister Matteo Salvini Calls 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 the Cortina Ice Arena. The temperature plummeted to -12 degrees Celsius (10.4 degrees Fahrenheit) that night.
this Milan The Cortina Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place from February 6 to 22.
In a statement expressing condolences, the company said the construction site was not overseen by Simico, the government company responsible for Olympic infrastructure.
Cortina city officials said they were “deeply saddened and troubled by the death.”
Cortina will host curling, ice skating and women’s alpine skiing competitions.