Deadly mountain accident: German tourist dies in avalanche accident in South Tyrol
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59-year-old buried by avalanche in South Tyrol
A 59-year-old ski tourer was caught and killed by a massive avalanche in South Tyrol's Ahrntal Valley on Wednesday. The tourist was skiing down from Gornerberg with his brother when, around 2:00 p.m., a 100-meter-wide and 100-meter-long avalanche broke loose in steep terrain just below the summit, the daily newspaper "Dolomiten" reported (Thursday edition). The German was buried about one and a half meters under the snow.
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