MONTREUX, Switzerland, March 24 (Reuters) – 4 members of a French family died in the Swiss resort of Montreux on Thursday, and a fifth is in a critical situation, after they fell from the seventh ground of their condominium constructing, police mentioned.
The Vaud cantonal police mentioned they had been nonetheless investigating, however have dominated on the market being one other individual in the condominium.
Police mentioned officers had gone to the condominium with a warrant for the daddy associated to the home-schooling of one of the 2 kids.
Officers returned later after a witness notified them that individuals had fallen from a balcony, police mentioned.
“5 members of the identical family fell … from the balcony of their condominium in Montreux situated on the seventh ground of a constructing on the road of the on line casino. A person, two ladies and a younger woman died and an adolescent has been hospitalized in critical situation,” the police assertion mentioned.
The daddy, aged 40, his spouse and her twin sister, 41, and the 8-year-old woman died, whereas the couple’s 15-year-old son survived, it mentioned, including that formal identification was underneath method.(Reporting by Denis Balibouse; Writing by Stephanie Nebehay Modifying by Alison Williams)
