Two people were rescued and hospitalized. this Saturday after a avalanche of snow produced in one of the professional ski slopes of the Las Leñas complex, in the Mendoza town of Malargüeinformed police and Civil Defense sources of that locality.
“There was an avalanche and so far there are two injured who were transferred to the Malargüe hospital, and police personnel with personnel from the complex are still being searched at the scene,” said the Commissioner of the South District, Miguel Sánchez.
The Mayor of Malargüe, Juan Manuel Ojedaalso confirmed to a local media that “there was indeed an incident and the Civil Defense teams that are on site are evaluating it.”
Also, the Deputy Commissioner Andres Orosfrom police station 24, said that “at 3:00 p.m. there was an avalanche on the Neptuno runway, in the Las Leñas complex, from which there are two injured who were transferred to the Malargüe Regional Hospital.”
“Personnel from the Las Leñas complex, police and Gendarmerie are working at the scene to assess whether there are people injured or who need assistance,” he added.
The event occurred this Saturday afternoon on the tracks Venus and Neptuno Therefore, two skiers had to be rescued by the local rescue team and the Civil Defense as a result of the landslide and were transferred for better care to the nearest hospital.
