Dead and seriously injured in avalanche in France

paris - In the French Pyrenees is Saturday a hiker killed by an avalanche. While a companion was seriously injured, reported the deputy prefect of Oloron-Sainte-Marie.

The accident happened in the valley of Ossau to the ski resorts near the town of Laruns. The two were surprised by the avalanche at an altitude of 1830 meters. A third person was unharmed and could raise the alarm. Rescuers were able to pick the 50-year-old woman just lifeless under the snow. The seriously hypothermic man was seriously injured taken to hospital. That was because of the bad weather and heavy fog, not with the helicopter, but done with a stretcher sledge to the nearest road.

No people are more missing.