Huge avalanche kills three skiers on mountain in Austria
Three people have been killed after they were buried in an avalanche while skiing in Austria.
Two others who were partially buried in snow but managed to free themselves have been taken to hospital.
They were hit by a huge slab of snow, roughly 200 metres wide, as they came down a slope during a tour yesterday.
The victims were part of a group of 11, with eight of them hit during the disaster. in the Tweng area, in Salzburg province.
Rescuers managed to locate two of the victims with the help of their search devices.
One was already dead and the other later died at a hospital in Klagenfurt.
The third buried skier was not carrying a search device and his body was located about four hours after the avalanche and recovered.
The victims were Austrian men, two of them aged 19 and the other 24.
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