Skier dies after being pulled of avalanche

A 36-year-old female skier died on Friday after being pulled out of an avalanche in the Krkonoše Mountains in northern Bohemia. The avalanche, which occurred in an area of the mountains with restricted access, trapped three people. One of them managed to get out and telephoned for help. Rescuers quickly found another man but it took them three hours before they localized the third person who was trapped under a 1.5 metre-thick layer of snow. The woman was transferred to a hospital but died of hypothermia.