40 dead in hunting accidents

| Mon, 02/09/2009 - 05:45

Some 41 people died and 85 were wounded in hunting accidents during the five-month season that just ended, the Italian Association for Hunting Victims (AVC) said Monday.

There were 86 casualties among hunters, AVC said: 24 dead and 62 wounded between the start of September and the end of January.

Civilian casualties were 40: 17 dead and 23 wounded.

Tuscany had the highest number of deaths, 17, followed by Sardinia with 12 and Veneto with ten, AVC said.