GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rarogne in canton Valais was the setting Monday 24 June for 250 Harley Davidson riders who held a memorial for two Valais men killed 12 June in Italy. As part of the service, in Harley Davidson tradition, they revved their engines to “weep” for their friends and fellow riders.

The two, members of the Harley HOG Chapter Wallis-Valais, died in an accident while they were en route to Rome for a benediction by the pope. They were travelling in a group of 35 bikers from the club on the A-26 near Genoa when the driver lost control of his bike, for reasons that are not clear, and he and the woman who was his passenger were both killed. No other vehicles were involved.

The group was traveling to Rome to join other bikers for the 110th anniversary of Harley Davidson.