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2 Apr 2024


NextImg:American teen among 3 killed in avalanche near popular Swiss resort

An American teenager and two other people were killed in an avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police said Tuesday.

One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries.

The avalanche occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, above the resort and below the famed Matterhorn peak.

Rescuers recovered three bodies and the injured skier, a 20-year-old Swiss man.

The victims were a 15-year-old American boy, as well as a man and a woman whose identification has not yet been concluded, police in Valais canton said in a statement.

They gave no further details, but said they currently have no information on the woman’s identity.

In this handout photo provided by Kantonspolizei Wallis via Keystone, Rescuers work on a site of an avalanche fell on the Riffelberg, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 2, 2024
An American teenager and two other people were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police said Tuesday. AP
A handout photo made available by the Wallis regional police shows rescue helicopters stand on the mountain landing site of the Petit Combin summit in Valais, Switzerland, 02 April 2024
The avalanche occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, above the resort and below the famed Matterhorn peak as rescuers recovered three bodies and the injured skier, a 20-year-old Swiss man. WALLIS POLICE HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Prosecutors were investigating the incident.

Last month, five members of a Swiss family were found dead after going missing while cross-country skiing near the Matterhorn in difficult weather conditions.

Authorities abandoned the search for a sixth missing person days later.