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| Four climbers killed in avalanche in Scottish Highlands | Four climbers killed in avalanche in Scottish Highlands |
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| Four people have been killed and a woman seriously hurt after a group of six climbers were caught up in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands. | Four people have been killed and a woman seriously hurt after a group of six climbers were caught up in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands. |
| Emergency services were alerted to the accident on Bidean Nam Bian, in Glencoe, at about 2pm on Saturday and a major search operation involving two mountain rescue teams and police dogs was launched. | Emergency services were alerted to the accident on Bidean Nam Bian, in Glencoe, at about 2pm on Saturday and a major search operation involving two mountain rescue teams and police dogs was launched. |
| Police said four people, two men and two women, were found and have since been pronounced dead. | Police said four people, two men and two women, were found and have since been pronounced dead. |
| One male climber, who stayed with the teams to help with the search, is safe and well while a woman is in a serious condition in Belford hospital in Fort William. | One male climber, who stayed with the teams to help with the search, is safe and well while a woman is in a serious condition in Belford hospital in Fort William. |
| John Grieve, leader of Glencoe mountain rescue team, which co-ordinated the search, said the alarm was initially raised by two climbers - who were not part of the group of six - when they discovered one of the casualties lying in the snow. | John Grieve, leader of Glencoe mountain rescue team, which co-ordinated the search, said the alarm was initially raised by two climbers - who were not part of the group of six - when they discovered one of the casualties lying in the snow. |
| Soon after, police were contacted by the male survivor from the climbing party, who told them more people were missing. | Soon after, police were contacted by the male survivor from the climbing party, who told them more people were missing. |
| Grieve said: "The first call to police was from two other people who had been on the mountain, they found someone lying next to where they were climbing. | Grieve said: "The first call to police was from two other people who had been on the mountain, they found someone lying next to where they were climbing. |
| "So, the assumption was that it was just one casualty, but it became clear that there were others missing when they heard from the man who is safe." | "So, the assumption was that it was just one casualty, but it became clear that there were others missing when they heard from the man who is safe." |
| He said the deceased climbers were located using a technique called probing, where a metal stick is pushed into the snow. | He said the deceased climbers were located using a technique called probing, where a metal stick is pushed into the snow. |
| "I'm not sure how deeply buried they were, but using that technique would suggest it was more than a metre," Grieve said. | "I'm not sure how deeply buried they were, but using that technique would suggest it was more than a metre," Grieve said. |
| Police said they are making efforts to identify the deceased and to contact their next of kin. | Police said they are making efforts to identify the deceased and to contact their next of kin. |
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