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Avy kills 2 and injures 20-30 at big iron shootout
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/avalanche+leaves+dead+injured/2680790/story.html media first said 3 died but they know f*%k all.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/avalanche+leaves+dead+injured/2680790/story.html media first said 3 died but they know f*%k all.
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RCMP say they have looked for abandoned vehicles and canvassed area hotels and there is no one that they know of left unaccounted for following a deadly B.C. avalanche.
Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said late Sunday afternoon that police were far more optimistic than they had been that Saturday's avalanche on Boulder Mountain did not result in the mass fatalities feared in the first hours after the tragedy.
He said those people that police know were at the event have been accounted for and there have been no new reports of people missing.
A wall of snow washed down over a group of about 200 snowmobilers gathered for the annual Big Iron Shootout, near Revelstoke, B.C.
Police said Sunday that two men were killed in the slide, revising a report that three were confirmed dead.
There were fears the death toll could be in the dozens, but Moskaluk said most of those participating in the event appear to have made it safely off the mountain.
Witnesses said the avalanche appeared to have been triggered after three snowmobilers began high-marking — the practice of snowmobilers racing up the side of the mountain to see who can go the highest.
Police said they were trying to speak with the event's organizers, but it was not clear whether charges were being considered.
Thirty people were injured in the slide, including one critically. Moskaluk said 19 of the injured had been released from hospital.
The patients were at hospitals in Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna and Calgary.
RCMP say they have looked for abandoned vehicles and canvassed area hotels and there is no one that they know of left unaccounted for following a deadly B.C. avalanche.
Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said late Sunday afternoon that police were far more optimistic than they had been that Saturday's avalanche on Boulder Mountain did not result in the mass fatalities feared in the first hours after the tragedy.
He said those people that police know were at the event have been accounted for and there have been no new reports of people missing.
A wall of snow washed down over a group of about 200 snowmobilers gathered for the annual Big Iron Shootout, near Revelstoke, B.C.
Police said Sunday that two men were killed in the slide, revising a report that three were confirmed dead.
There were fears the death toll could be in the dozens, but Moskaluk said most of those participating in the event appear to have made it safely off the mountain.
Witnesses said the avalanche appeared to have been triggered after three snowmobilers began high-marking — the practice of snowmobilers racing up the side of the mountain to see who can go the highest.
Police said they were trying to speak with the event's organizers, but it was not clear whether charges were being considered.
Thirty people were injured in the slide, including one critically. Moskaluk said 19 of the injured had been released from hospital.
The patients were at hospitals in Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna and Calgary.
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My thoughts and prayers go out to those involved and there families.