A 59-year-old ski tourer was admitted and killed by a powerful avalanche in the South Tyrolean Ahrntal on Wednesday.
The tourist ran away from the Gornerberg to the valley with his brother, when around 2 p.m. just below the top, a 100 meter wide and for as long Snowboard.
The German was buried about one and a half meters under the snow mass.
Ranimation was not successful
Two ski tourers in the neighborhood brought the emergency call and started digging up the accident together with the brother. They could find it quickly thanks to an avalanche yacht. The emergency services eventually brought the man to the surface, but he was no longer aware. A resuscitation was not successful, it said.
Two helicopters brought the winter athletes into the valley, the family members were provided by the pastoral care for emergencies. On Wednesday there was an Avalanche -warning level three in South Tyrol on the scale of five parts. Before that it was snowed on the mountains, and hair dryer also caused wind freight.
Source: Krone
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