Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Three bodies were found Tuesday 5 July shortly before noon by a search team hunting for three people still missing following two avalanches Sunday morning in the Dietigtal region of the Bernese Oberland. Four people had already died from the avalanches, bringing the death toll to seven.
The three individuals, two men and a woman, were found in the cone (bottom) of the avalanche. Sixty people were involved in this morning’s search, mainly from the Secours Alpin Suisse Bern unit and the Swiss army’s mountain research team.
The bodies were found thanks to a Recco search tool which emitted signals in the area.
The fourth victim died in hospital Sunday, and he has now been identified as a 48-year-old man who, as a member of the Ski-Club Rubigen, volunteered to help find the victims of the first avalanche. The bodies of the people found this morning have been moved to medical premises for identification.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 5 January 2010.
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