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The man had crashed in the area of the official landing site in the village of Walenstadt and died. The reasons for the fall of the Tyrolean were still unclear on Saturday afternoon, the cantonal police said in a press release.
According to the previous investigations, the 42-year-old started his flight in the direction of Walenstadt with his wingsuit in the area of the Sputnik jump point on the Chäserrugg mountain. The 42-year-old fell on the official landing site. The rescue workers could only determine the death of the man.
The Alpine task force of the St. Gallen cantonal police is investigating how the accident happened. The public prosecutor of the canton of St. Gallen ordered the transfer of the deceased to the institute for forensic medicine, the police reported.
Source: Nachrichten
