Indonesian CNN
Friday 03 March 2023 04:45 WIB
Drawing. Three heliskiers died in an avalanche in the Kootenay Rockies in western Canada on Thursday (2/3). (Getty Images via AFP/MARIO TAMA)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Three heliskiers die in an avalanche in the Kootenay Rockies, Canada western part, Thursday (2/3). All three are foreign citizens.
City of AFP, police said, bringing the total death toll from avalanches this season to 12. During this time, four people, including a guide, were injured.
They were part of a group of 10 and were trapped in an avalanche Wednesday (1/3) afternoon in the Panama Mountain Resort area, about 160 kilometers west of Calgary.
Police said the injured were in serious condition being airlifted to a hospital in Invermere.
This winter has been one of the worst due to avalanche deaths in the province of British Columbia, the westernmost part of Canada.
Two off-duty cops and two brothers from Pennsylvania were among the dead.
Avalanche risk in Canada has been rated since early January. This is due to unstable snowdrifts.
(ASD/ASD)
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