The mayor of a municipality in Germany advised World Information on Thursday that three individuals from his group died after an avalanche occurred a day earlier close to Invermere, BC.
“All of us in our group are deeply upset and really feel deeply saddened,” Walter Bauer mentioned in a written assertion.
The RCMP confirmed Wednesday night that a minimum of one individual was killed in an avalanche whereas heliskiing close to the Panorama mountain ski resort close to Invermere, B.C.
Police mentioned they solely obtained stories of the slide shortly after 12:30 native time.
As of Wednesday night, the RCMP mentioned officers had been nonetheless working to find out who all had been concerned and the place they had been coming from, including that a number of emergency personnel had been deployed to the realm.
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RK Heliski, the corporate concerned within the incident, mentioned 9 visitors and one information had been trapped within the avalanche.
BC Emergency Well being Providers mentioned 4 ambulances had been deployed to fulfill helicopters at Invermere, and transported 4 sufferers to hospital.
The severity of their accidents and whether or not anybody else was unaccounted for remains to be unclear.
Avalanche Canada at the moment lists the avalanche hazard within the area as “vital”.
Extra to come back…
–With recordsdata from World Information’ Simon Little and Karen Bartko
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