Austria avalanche kills three in Alps

Rescuers have now found a fourth person under the snow in a remote area near the Jochgrubenkopf, a roughly 2,450m-high peak. (File image)

Three Swiss men were killed and a fourth person is feared dead today after an avalanche engulfed a tour party of eight skiers in western Austria, police said.

The tragedy occurred at around 12.30pm near the Jochgrubenkopf peak at 2,450 metres (8,040ft) above sea level, southeast of Innsbruck.

‘Four from the group survived and were rescued by helicopter. Three corpses have been recovered,’ Sabine Reinthaler, spokeswoman in Tyrol state, told AFP.

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