(BERLIN) — Six people were killed in two separate avalanches in the Austrian Alps, on Sunday, Austrian authorities said.
Five snowshoers who were hiking in the plant, But were hit by one avalanche at about 9:30 a.m., Austria’s the APA news agency reported. Several people witnessed the avalanche and immediately informed emergency services, but the hikers, believed to be from the Czech Republic, were already dead by the time rescuers got to them.
There had been high winds and heavy snowfall in the area over the past few days, leading to the avalanche.
And in southwestern Austria, a police officer who was undergoing the Alpine training was killed when he was hit by a separate avalanche. He was hit by a large piece of frozen snow, and died at the scene from his injuries, state authorities told the APA.
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