Swiss Alps avalanche leaves 3 dead, 2 injured near glacier

By: The Associated Press
Sunday, April 1, 2018 4:05 AM
Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Rescuers stand near an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Swiss Alps avalanche leaves 3 dead, 2 injured near glacier

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Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Rescuers stand near an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in an avalanche in the Alps. Another two were taken to a hospital with light injuries. Police say the avalanche hit the group of five skiers on Saturday afternoon. The group had set off from an Alpine hut earlier in the day to cross the Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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