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- An American teen and two others were killed in an avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt.
- The avalanche occurred on Monday afternoon in an off-piste area of Riffelberg, below the Matterhorn peak.
- Rescuers recovered three bodies and one injured skier, a 20-year-old Swiss man.
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 injured skier, a 20-year-old Swiss man.
The victims were a 15-year-old American boy, as well as a man and a woman whose identification has not yet been concluded, police in Valais canton said in a statement.
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They gave no further details, but said they currently have no information on the woman’s identity.
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An American teenager and two other people were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police said on Tuesday. One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)
Prosecutors were investigating the incident.
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Last month, five members of a Swiss family were found dead after going missing while cross-country skiing near the Matterhorn in difficult weather conditions. Authorities abandoned the search for a sixth missing person days later.