Avalanche in Austria kills three, fourth person missing


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 Mar 2017

VIENNA (Reuters) - Three people were killed when their ski touring group was swept away by an avalanche in western Austria, and a fourth person was missing, police in the Tyrol region said on Wednesday.

Rescuers were still hunting for the missing person in the remote area near the Jochgrubenkopf, a roughly 2,450m-high peak.

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