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Eight dead in two days after third fatal avalanche in Austria – Henri Klub

February 6, 2022
Bharat Times

Austrian broadcaster ORF said the man killed in Saturday’s avalanche in the Schmiren municipality of Tyrol state was a 58-year-old local.

In the same province, a 42-year-old Austrian mountain and ski guide and four Swedish skiers, all men in their 40s, were killed in an avalanche on Friday near the town of Spi on the border. Switzerland He was buried completely, the police said.

Police said another member of the group, a 43-year-old Swede, was able to call for help and was saved.

two austrians skier He was killed in the third incident.

Police said emergency services found the bodies of two Austrian skiers, a 61-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man at 00:40 a.m. local time on Saturday after their relatives raised the alarm when they could not be contacted.

The pair set out in the Tyrol area on Friday afternoon and the man told a contact by phone at 3:30 p.m. local time that they had reached the 1,868-metre (6,129-ft) Breiteague peak. That was his last contact.

“When he could not be contacted, relatives made an emergency call around 9:40 pm,” police said in a statement.