A guard at a 2026 Cold weather Olympic venue building plan in the mountain resort of Cortina died at some level of a frigid overnight shift, authorities confirmed on Saturday.
Italy’s infrastructure minister, Matteo Salvini, known as for a paunchy investigation into the circumstances of the 55-twelve months-abnormal employee’s death.
Italian media reported that the death occurred on Jan. 8, whereas the employee became on accountability at a building plan outdoor of Cortina’s ice arena. Temperatures the evening of the death plunged to 10.4 levels Fahrenheit.
Milan Cortina organizers stated that the employee 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 newshounds at a test tournament at the contemporary 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 stated.
The Milan Cortina Cold weather Olympics are scheduled for Feb. 6-22.
The building plan became no longer one overseen by Simico, the governmental company accountable for Olympic infrastructure, the corporate stated in an announcement expressing its condolences.
Cortina city officials stated they were “deeply saddened and terrified by the death.”
Cortina will host curling, sliding and women’s Alpine skiing.
