Four Italian climbers fall to their deaths

Four Italian climbers fell 3,280 feet to their deaths while climbing the Aiguille du Midi, one of the highest peaks on Mont-Blanc range of the French Alps.

Colonel Olivier Kim of the gendarmerie of the Haute Savoie region of France, said the accident took place overnight Saturday. The four battered bodies were found today and taken to the nearby village of Chamonix.