Two Spanish skiers killed in avalanche in French Pyrenees
Tehran (KNA) - Two Spanish skiers have died after an avalanche hit a group skiing off-piste on a mountain in the French Pyrenees.
The avalanche hit near the Aragnouet-Bielsa tunnel linking France to Spain.Three other members of the skiing group managed to extract themselves from the snow and raise the alarm after their companions disappeared just before midday on Saturday.
Rescue workers found one man dead at the scene while the other was discovered alive by a rescue dog but died later in hospital.
On Friday, four skiers were killed in the Mercantour National park in the French Alps, the deadliest avalanche of the winter so far.
Source: NewsSky