A nature-loving doctor was killed in an avalanche on Friday while he was skiing in Idaho, authorities say. Ketchum, Idaho, resident Dr. Terrence “Terry” O’Connor was identified as the sole victim of the avalanche, officials said. The Custer County Coroner’s Office confirmed the death to Fox News Digital on Sunday evening. The 48-year-old was skiing with a partner on Donaldson …
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Search crews on Friday uncovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City a day earlier and were preparing to bring them off the mountain via helicopter, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said. The men, ages 23 and 32, were killed in the snowslide Thursday …
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Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said. A rescue team responded just after 10 a.m. to an avalanche reported near Lone Peak in the Wasatch Range southeast of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie …
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Rescue crews in Salt Lake City, Utah, are searching for two skiers who went missing after an avalanche rushed down Lone Peak on Thursday — a third skier who was originally reported missing has since been found. The Associated Press reported that rescuers responded to the area just after 10 a.m. on Thursday, after reports of an avalanche near Lone …
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An avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Soelden on Thursday killed three people from the Netherlands who were on a skiing and hiking trip, authorities said. Another person was rescued and taken to a hospital. AMERICAN TEEN AMONG 3 KILLED IN AVALANCHE NEAR POPULAR SWISS RESORT Police said a group of 17 people from the Netherlands, accompanied by four …
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An American teenager and two other people were killed in 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 …
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A roof avalanche from a Colorado home left two teens buried in the snow, while one was seriously injured, according to officials. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) said the two teens were playing outside a home in Breckenridge, Colorado when snow came rushing down the roof. The teens were partially buried in the snow, one of whom was seriously …
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