The survivor of the avalanche accident was released from the hospital in Zams on Friday morning. Four people were caught in the avalanche and three people died in the incident.
The victims belonged to a group of skiers from the Netherlands. The Alpine police are questioning all members of the group as well as the mountain guides to determine what happened to the accident and to discuss whether there was any wrongdoing or not. No other people are suspected to be among the masses of snow that dissolved on their own. There is still a lot of snow up to three meters up, says Franke Franke, a spokesman for the Alpine Police in South Tyrol. The avalanche was 180 meters long and 80 meters wide. It is currently assumed that the snow dissolved on its own and that no one was seriously injured.. An avalanche triggers a major operation in Tyrol, where authorities said a total of 18 people were buried in the snow. The two people who died are winter sports enthusiasts from the Dutch city of Apeldoorn. They were members of a hockey club.