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3 killed in Austrian avalanches
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-14 11:12

Hundreds of avalanches fell across Austria over the weekend, and three people were killed Sunday — including a backcountry skier on the country's highest peak.

Several other people were injured in the weekend snow slides. Most of the slides did not catch any people.

An avalanche on the Grossglockner — Austria's highest mountain — swept away two Hungarian backcountry skiers. One was only partially buried and was rescued swiftly, while the other was found dead hours later, the Austria Press Agency reported.

Elsewhere, a 48-year-old German man was found dead after he and his son were swept away by an avalanche as they were skiing Sunday in the resort of Saalbach in the Salzburg province, a provincial police spokesman said. The son was rescued without injuries.

A Czech man was killed in a separate snow slide near the resort of Bad Gastein, also in the Salzburg province, police said. His age and hometown were not released.



 
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