Three Germans were killed in an avalanche accident in South Tyrol, including two seven-year-old girls. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the Carabinieri in Bozen of the DPA news agency on Saturday evening. The killed woman and one of the girls come from Hauteroda (Kyffhäuserkreis) in Thuringia, the other girl from Eschweiler in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The people had been on a piste in the Schnalstal west of Merano when the avalanche cleared at around 3000 meters around Saturday noon and raced into a ski area. An eleven-year-old boy and his father, who also come from Eschweiler, were injured in the avalanche.
The second child died in the hospital
According to the Carabinieri spokesman, there was no avalanche risk. However, there was strong wind at the time of the accident and there had been a rise in temperature.
According to the police, the woman and the girl from Thuringia could only be recovered dead from the avalanche. The other girl was seriously injured with the rescue helicopter to a hospital in Trento, where she died of her injuries on Saturday evening.
The rescue workers also looked for other missing persons on Saturday. In the evening it was not entirely clear whether more people were buried. The Italian news agency Ansa reported on an avalanche that was about 150 meters wide and about 500 meters long.
(KLE / SDA)
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