Hello and welcome to the details of Swiss skier dies in avalanche, second fatality in a week after Olympic snowboarder and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Olympic silver medallist Sophie Hediger died after being swept away by an avalanche in Arosa in southeast Switzerland on December 23, 2024. — AFP file pic
GENEVA, Dec 28 — An avalanche has killed a cross-country skier in southwestern Switzerland, police said Saturday.
The avalanche occurred at around 1:30 pm (1230 GMT) on Friday as two skiers made their way along the Cheilon glacier near Arolla, the Wallis regional police said.
“Suddenly, the snow mass gave way under the skis of one of them. He was carried by the avalanche to the bottom of the slope,” a statement said.
Rescue workers were dispatched by helicopter and quickly located the victim under the snow.
“They resuscitated him before transporting the unfortunate man to Sion hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The deceased is a 27-year-old Swiss man.”
The avalanche risk in the area is currently at level “3 – considerable” on a scale of one to five, according to Switzerland’s Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research.
It was the second avalanche fatality of the winter in Switzerland, following the death on Monday of Sophie Hediger, 26, a member of the national snowboard cross team.
She was swept away by an avalanche in Arosa in southeast Switzerland.
Hediger won a snowboard cross silver medal at the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, competed at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and achieved her first Snowboard World Cup podium finishes in the 2023/24 season. — AFP
These were the details of the news Swiss skier dies in avalanche, second fatality in a week after Olympic snowboarder for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
