Buried
Dead in avalanche in Lungau
A person was buried and killed by an avalanche in Salzburg's Lungau region on Christmas Day. The skier was caught in the masses of snow at the summit of the Speiereck.
The skier, who was skiing off the secured piste, triggered a 60-metre-long snow slab at around 11.30 am. Four members of the mountain rescue team who happened to be present were able to quickly locate and dig out the victim. However, it was only possible to determine that the local man was dead.
Due to the unclear avalanche situation, a district alarm was triggered. Search dogs and special equipment were also used to look for other possible victims.
As the ORF reports, the victim was actually well equipped and had avalanche transceiver emergency equipment and an avalanche airbag with him. However, the man was unable to deploy the latter in time.
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