18/07/2007
Briton injured in Alps climbing accident
A British mountaineer is seriously ill after suffering a climbing accident in the Italian Alps.
Peter Knoop, 42, was injured when rocks smashed down on him as he completed a climb with friends on the Gran Pilastro in the Italian Dolomites near Trento on Sunday.
Mr Knoop, who is vice president of engineering at electronics firm Azuro, was wearing a helmet when the incident occurred.
He was picked up by a helicopter ambulance from the side of the mountain and taken to the nearby Santa Chiara hospital. However, doctors there decided that he needed to be moved to a specialist head injuries unit and he was flown to Borgo Trento Hospital in Verona.
It has been reported that he is in a coma.
Mr Knoop, who is married with one son, lives in Elmdon, near Cambridge.
(KMcA)
Peter Knoop, 42, was injured when rocks smashed down on him as he completed a climb with friends on the Gran Pilastro in the Italian Dolomites near Trento on Sunday.
Mr Knoop, who is vice president of engineering at electronics firm Azuro, was wearing a helmet when the incident occurred.
He was picked up by a helicopter ambulance from the side of the mountain and taken to the nearby Santa Chiara hospital. However, doctors there decided that he needed to be moved to a specialist head injuries unit and he was flown to Borgo Trento Hospital in Verona.
It has been reported that he is in a coma.
Mr Knoop, who is married with one son, lives in Elmdon, near Cambridge.
(KMcA)
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