Alberto Balocco, president and CEO of the famous company Italian sweets Balocco with panettone, cookies and pastriespassed away this Friday with a friend Cycling in the mountainous area of Pragelato, According to Italian media reports, in the Piedmont region (north), possibly due to lightning.
The head of the family business, Balocco, was found on the way to the Assietta shelter. Susa Valley, With her 55-year-old friend, Davide Vigo.
Alberto Balocco, 56,He is the heir to the company founded by his grandfather in 1927 and currently employs close to 500 people.
According to the media, a driver found the bodies and called medical servicesAccording to the news of the newspaper La Repubblica, the toilets could not revive the cyclists who managed to reach despite the severe storm that affected the region, but using electric bicycles.
Dario Tallone, mayor of Fossano, where the Balocco factory is located, “dramatic news for all‘ he said and explained Alberto Baloco Alberto Cirio, president of the Piedmont region, was “a big businessman like his father” as he mourned the death of a businessman who was the “icon” of the region and “carried the tradition of the region to all homes”. of the Italians”.