Zeven doden bij lawine in Franse Alpen bij Pelvoux

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Vijf doden en twee vermisten na lawine in Frankrijk

Zeker vijf mensen zijn dinsdagmiddag om het leven gekomen na een lawine in de Franse Alpen in de buurt van Pelvoux. Eén gewonde werd voor verzorging overgebracht naar het ziekenhuis. Twee personen worden vermist. Dat meldt RTL Info.

Prefect Pierre Besnard van het Franse departement Haute-Alpes bevestigt aan het Franse persagentschap AFP dat er zich een lawine heeft voorgedaan op de Dôme de Neige des Ecrins, een berg van meer dan 4.000 meter hoog in het Ecrins-massief. ‘Er was een lawine in Pelvoux. Er zijn gewonden. Er zijn verschillende doden’, aldus Besnard.

De sneeuwmassa zou een achttal personen hebben meegesleurd nabij de Italiaanse grens. Er is sprake van vijf dodelijke slachtoffers.

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Deathtoll avalanche rises to seven
14 H 54: seven climbers died in the avalanche said Reeve, announcing that last missing climber had been found. "The death toll rose seven people died Relief currently conducting a removal of doubt to be sure there are no other victims." Said the prefect Pierre Besnard.

14 H 46: the balance sheet of the avalanche rises to seven deaths, announced the prefect of the Hautes-Alpes.

14 H 38: the bodies of victims buried by the avalanche occurred Tuesday morning at Ecrins Dome will be transported to the DZ gendarmerie to be examined by forensic experts.

14 H 35: the Hautes-Alpes prefecture informs the public a unique number of publicity measures for the call is activated. This is the: 0811 000 605.

14 H 27: Colonel firefighters Patrick Moreau and president of the county fire and rescue service Marcel Cannat are new to crisis PC installed PGHM of Briançon.

14 H 25: this is one of the most deadly avalanches of the year in France. On January 25, six people were killed in the Queyras and April 1, 3 people were killed in the Ecrins.

14 H 24: it is "certainly a wind slab" that killed the victims, according to Lt. Col. Christian Flagella, commander of the gendarmerie group of Hautes-Alpes. "The conditions are in winter time," he said. According to the prefect, "the weather had not given particular alert. A little snow had fallen but the weather was relatively good."

14 H 21: in the morning, the town of Pelvoux, the normal route of the Dome of the Jewel cases, between 3900 and 4000 meters, casting an avalanche took place.

This avalanche was spotted by casting a Écrins refuge keeper who immediately alerted the rescue. There were climbers, two of three roped and roped two who were caught in the avalanche.

There are 5 dead, a femur traumatized potentially two disappearances or more. This is most certainly of people of foreign nationalities.