There was a high avalanche risk at the time of the accident. Authorities are now investigating.
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A 49-year-old man was killed by an avalanche on Tuesday afternoon while skiing with his 15-year-old son in Graubünden, eastern Switzerland. The two were travelling off a marked piste in Parsonz.
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Several people were travelling down a slope off-piste next to a ski lift, the cantonal police of Graubünden said on Thursday. When an avalanche broke loose, it buried the father-son duo.
While the 15-year-old son was rescued from the masses of snow and taken to hospital, his father died on the avalanche field despite resuscitation attempts. There was a high avalanche risk at the time of the accident. Authorities have opened an investigation.
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Mountain rescuers with search dogs, several rescue crews with helicopters, and mountain railway employees were involved in the search-and-rescue work. A care team was mobilised to look after the relatives and other winter sports enthusiasts who were on site at the time of the incident.
Second victim within a week
This is the second avalanche death in Graubünden in the space of a week. On Sunday afternoon, a 38-year-old snowboarder died in the Parsenn ski area in Davos when he was buried by an avalanche off-piste. On Monday, another snowboarder was rescued in Davos.
A total of 13 winter sports enthusiasts have died in avalanches in Switzerland this winter, according to information published by the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research.
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