A woman died in an ambulance yesterday morning after being
rescued from an avalanche that killed one male tourist at the scene
and injured six others in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Local police have confirmed the 33-year-old woman and the dead
man are both from the eastern Jiangsu Province.
Four of the injured, including a seriously-injured, have been
transferred to the provincial capital of Kunming by chartered
flight, while the rest two stay in the hospital in Deqin, where the
accident happened, Chen Qun, a local tourism official, said last
night.
Chen said all the injured are in stable condition.
The bodies of the two dead have been kept at the Lijiang Funeral
Home and their families are expected to arrive today to deal with
the aftermath, according to Chen.
The avalanche occurred at about 3:00 PM on Wednesday on the
Meili Snow Mountain, about 10 km northeast of Deqin County in the
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Almost 700 people, including police officers, armed soldiers,
medical workers and tourism officials, were mobilized for rescue
operation.
Meili Snow Mountain, about 800 km northwest of Kunming, is a
popular scenic spot on the boundary of Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
(Xinhua News Agency May 4, 2007)