Alberto Balocco, the inheritor to the well-known Italian confectionery empire has died from a suspected lightning strike whereas biking within the alpine mountains.

As reported by the Italian media on Friday, August 26, Alberto Balocco, president and CEO of the well-known Italian sweets firm Balocco, died whereas biking within the mountains of the Alta Val Chisone, above town of Turin in Italy.

Balocco’s good friend, the 55-year-old Davide Vigo additionally died in the identical alpine space of ​​Pragelato. The preliminary speculation of the authorities investigating the incident is that they have been each victims of a lightning strike.

Based on the media, a motorist discovered the our bodies at round 2pm native time and referred to as the medical emergency companies. Floor groups of the Alpine Rescue and the Carabinieri have been instantly deployed.

Regardless of detrimental climate situations, the air ambulance managed to disembark the group that began cardiocirculatory resuscitation manoeuvres on the unconscious males till it was solely attainable to establish the demise of the 2 cyclists. It’s thought each males have been driving electrical bicycles on the time of their demise.

Balocco is a family-run enterprise based by his grandfather, Francesco Antonio, in 1927, to which 53-year-old Alberto was inheritor. It manufactures the well-known panettone, cookies and pasta, and at the moment has a workforce of just about 500 folks. In 2021 it had an estimated turnover of €200 million.

Dario Tallone, the mayor of Fossano, the place the Balocco manufacturing unit is situated, described Alberto as, “an important businessman, like his father”. Including to the tributes was Alberto Cirio, the president of the area from Piedmont. He referred to as Balocco a businessman who “was a logo for the world and who introduced the custom of the area to all the homes of Italians”, as reported by torino.repubblica.it.

Siamo sconvolti da una tragedia improvvisa che colpisce un amico, un imprenditore simbolo della nostra terra, che ha portato il Piemonte nelle case di tutto il mondo. Ci stringiamo in un forte abbraccio alla famiglia di Alberto Balocco e a tutti i suoi cari. pic.twitter.com/XFlRXKqW4U

— Alberto Cirio (@Alberto_Cirio) August 26, 2022

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