Three people from the Tri-State Area died in an avalanche in Washington state over the weekend.
— Three members of a climbing group are dead after becoming caught in an avalanche while scaling an 8,000-foot peak in central Washington state over the weekend, officials announced.
Four of the climbers were swept down about 500 feet, including the three who died"as a result of trauma sustained in the fall," the release reads. The Chelan County sheriff's office identified the victims as: 54-year-old Seong Cho, a Korean National living in West Hartford, Connecticut; 60-year-old Jeannie Lee, from Bayside, New York, and 66-year-old Yun Park from Palisades Park, New Jersey.
The group's lead climber had triggered the avalanche during the ascent, the sheriff's office said without elaborating.
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