Deaths from avalanches in Austria

In two avalanches on Sunday three skiers were killed in different places in Austria.

Krimml im Pinzgau, in the east of the country, two Czechs were buried under the snow. Two friends of the victims managed to escape. They alerted the emergency services.

About ten kilometers away, at Neukirchen, died a freerider. He was with three friends working on a descent, they were not injured.