Seven adults and a four-month-old baby, all Italian tourists, fell through the ice on the surface of a northern Italian lake during an Easter Monday hike and the little boy is in serious but not life threatening condition in an Innsbruck hospital.
The accident happened on Lake Braies, in Alto Adige, and was due to the ice partially melting after temperatures rose in the last few days. One of the adults is also in an Innsbruck hospital while the other six are in three facilities in Alto Adige. They are suffering from hypothermia. Over the last two days some 14 people have fallen into the lake as the ice cracked and gave way. The baby was on holiday with his parents who are from the Milan area. The lake has been cordoned off.
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