Brighton, Utah • An avalanche occurred Saturday afternoon in Big Cottonwood Canyon, killing one person and injuring another.
The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the slide happened in the Silver Fork area.
A search and rescue team responded to the area, and officials said around 2:30 p.m. that the injured person was being brought down from the mountain where it occurred.
Around 3 p.m., a helicopter from the Utah Department of Public Safety landed on the road in the canyon. Both directions of the highway (SR-190) were at a standstill as of 3:30.
It’s not yet known if the two people were together, nor what activity they were doing when the avalanche hit.
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