Brighton, Utah • An avalanche occurred Saturday afternoon in Big Cottonwood Canyon, killing one person and injuring another.
One person died and another was injured in an avalanche Saturday in Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Brighton, Utah • An avalanche occurred Saturday afternoon in Big Cottonwood Canyon, killing one person and injuring another.
The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the slide happened in the Silver Fork area.
A search and rescue team responded to the area, and officials said around 2:30 p.m. that the injured person was being brought down from the mountain where it occurred.
Around 3 p.m., a helicopter from the Utah Department of Public Safety landed on the road in the canyon. Both directions of the highway (SR-190) were at a standstill as of 3:30.
It’s not yet known if the two people were together, nor what activity they were doing when the avalanche hit.
For more on the story, see https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/1-person-dead-another-injured-after-avalanche-in-big-cottonwood-canyon
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