3 overdue hikers found dead after Alaska avalanche
By MARK THIESSENFebruary 4, 2021 GMT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The bodies of three men have been located in the debris of an avalanche slide near Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.
Troopers identified the victims as Thomas Devine, 54, of Chugiak; Matthew Nyman, 43, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Edward Watson, 50, of Miami.
“The hikers were discovered buried shallow in the snow,” Austin McDaniel, a troopers spokesperson, said in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday.
Troopers did not immediately have the dimensions of the slide, he said. The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center is investigating the cause of the avalanche.
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