Five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl, died in a Dolomites avalanche near the Swiss border in South Tyrol
ROME: Five German mountaineers lost their lives in an avalanche on Saturday afternoon in Italy’s Dolomite mountains.
The victims included a 17-year-old girl among the group of climbers from Germany.
Two separate climbing parties were caught in the sudden snowslide near the Swiss border in South Tyrol.
The first group of three climbers was completely buried by the powerful avalanche.
All three members of that initial climbing team tragically perished in the incident.
Two climbers from a second group of four people managed to survive by finding shelter.
Rescuers recovered the bodies of the father and his teenage daughter on Sunday morning.
Poor weather conditions had significantly delayed the search and recovery operations.
The two deceased climbers had been carried to the lower section of the avalanche channel.
Italian alpine rescue services confirmed these tragic details in their official statement. – AFP
