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Ski area in Austria (symbol photo)
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Two 17-year-old skiers from the Berchtesgaden area and from the Upper Palatinate died while skiing in Austria.
The two fell over the right edge of the slope on Wednesday in the Steinplatte ski area in the Tyrolean district of Kitzbühel, as the police reported.
They then fell about 60 meters over mountain pastures and meadows that were partly interspersed with stones and barely covered with snow.
Despite resuscitation measures, they died at the scene of the accident.
According to witnesses, the two young people had been traveling at very high speed on the red runway.
A police spokesman again warned of the possible consequences of driving too fast.
"There's just very little snow next to the slope."
ktz/dpa