Austria: 2 German Teenagers Dead in Skiing Accident

The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
December 28, 2022Europe
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Austria: 2 German Teenagers Dead in Skiing Accident
The area of the accident site at the Spieljoch ski resort in Fuegenberg in Tyrol, Austria, on Dec. 26, 2022. (Georg Koechler/APA/AFP via Getty Images)

BERLIN—Two German teenagers died after skiing off the edge of a slope in Austria on Wednesday and falling up to 60 meters (nearly 200 feet), police said.

Witnesses saw the 17-year-old boys skiing at high speed down an intermediate-difficulty red slope in the Waidring ski area and then coming off the slope around halfway down, police in Tyrol province said in a statement.

Emergency responders at the scene and two rescue helicopter crews were unable to save the skiers, who died at the scene.

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