Brother tracked down sister swept up in Utah avalanche however wasn’t capable of save her | EUROtoday

The brother of an 11-year-old lady who was trapped in a backcountry avalanche in Utah was capable of find his sister, however she later died within the hospital after her rescue, based on officers.

Madelyn Eitas and her household have been snowboarding exterior the boundaries of Brighton Ski Resort, about 25 miles east of Salt Lake City, when an avalanche struck within the early afternoon Thursday.

About 20 strangers joined Wasatch Backcountry Rescue and the Unified Police Department and Fire Authority of Greater Salt Lake within the ensuing search.

“Her brother, Cameron Eitas, heroically used an application to locate her,” police stated in an announcement. “Numerous agencies responded and worked together in an urgent and coordinated effort to care for the victim in attempts to provide life-saving measures.”

Due to security issues within the space, air rescue was not doable, and Madelyn Eitas, who hails from Rochester, Massachusetts, was finally taken by ambulance to an area hospital.

“Despite the tremendous and exhaustive efforts of family, first responders and hospital medical staff, the victim tragically passed away,” the police division stated.

“She was sweet and sassy, always laughing and dancing,” her mom, Becky Eitas, informed WCVB. “She loved her family and friends and her big brother so much.”

“This is devastating news for our school community,” Old Rochester Regional School District stated in an announcement to the outlet. “We offer our sincere condolences to the student’s family, friends, classmates, and teachers during this unimaginable time.”

Skiers Maggie and Harrison Garner assisted within the search.

“It was kind of just like a surreal thing,” Maggie Garner, a scholar at Utah Valley University, informed KSLTV. “We were like, ‘What’s even really happening right now?’”

“It was just scary and crazy,” Harrison Garner, a junior at Bingham High School, added.

Thursday’s avalanche adopted information that two individuals died in a separate avalanche whereas snowmobiling within the area.

Authorities proceed to warn of excessive avalanche hazard within the mountains exterior Salt Lake City following heavy snows all through the week.

“The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE, and today is NOT the day to be in steep avalanche terrain,” based on a Saturday forecast from the Utah Avalanche Center. “That means staying off of — and out from under — slopes steeper than 30 degrees. Large, destructive, and potentially deadly slab avalanches are likely.

“This week’s heavy snowfall and strong winds overloaded preexisting weak layers, creating a HIGH avalanche danger across the entire state.”

Officials in California and Nevada are additionally sorting by the aftermath of a lethal backcountry avalanche.

Search crews have completed recovering all 9 our bodies of the individuals killed in an avalanche on Castle Peak close to Lake Tahoe, officers introduced Saturday. The incident is California’s deadliest identified avalanche.