Ice Balok Collapses In French Alps, One Person Dies

JAKARTA - One person was killed and four others injured when a large ice block collapsed near 15 mountain climbers in the Mont Blanc area of the French Alps.

Rescue teams used helicopters and rescue dogs to reach mountain climbers who were at an altitude of 4,100 meters when the accident occurred in the early hours of the morning, authorities said.

An official said the person who died was a Frenchman and the citizenship of another victim in the accident was still unknown.