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 <div class=" " itemprop="articleBody" data-js="article-body"> <div class="articleBodyText section"> <div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"> <p>A British teenager has died in an avalanche in Switzerland while on a ski tour, according to local police.&nbsp;</p><p>Two people were swept away by an avalanche early on Tuesday evening in Meiringen, in the canton of Bern.&nbsp;</p><p>An 18-year-old from England, who was living in Bern, was found dead and the search for a second person believed to have been buried is ongoing, regional police said.</p><p><strong>This is a breaking news story and will be updated.</strong></p> </div>
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Local police said two people were buried in the avalanche

Briton, 18, killed in avalanche on Switzerland ski tour

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