Two Russians, a snowboarder and a skier, died in the Swiss Alps.

According to Vale canton police, they crashed to death on Wednesday, January 11 at about 7.30 p.m. Moscow time in the neighborhood of Leukerbad skiing station.

The police didn?t reveal the names of the dead, only their age is known - 16 and 19.

On unknown reasons the Russians left the rout, appeared on a very steep slope and fall dawn of it. One of the eye-witnesses appealed to the police. The helicopter with rescue team came to the scene, but it couldn?t manage to save their lives.

Russian Embassy in Bern has not confirmed the information yet.
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