Mountain collapses, hikers feared dead in national park disaster * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Rockslide at Banff National Park (Screenshot)
A mountainside has collapsed in Banff National Park in Canada, leaving authorities fearing a number of hikers have been killed. One death already has been confirmed.
Officials estimate up to 20 people were in the vicinity when the rockfall happened near Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise.
Lake Louise Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed “multiple hikers” were caught in the collapse that happened Thursday afternoon.
This clip is shortly after the moment when the collapse happened at Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park this afternoon.
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WATCH: Video shows how large and loud a deadly rockslide was at Bow Glacier Falls, 37km north of Lake Louise.
One person is dead, three injured after the Thursday rockslide in Banff National Park.
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A report from the Daily Mail said, “An initial joint statement by RCMP and Parks Canada confirmed one person died at the scene, and three others were evacuated to the hospital. Their conditions have not been shared at this time.”
The report said the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service dispatched two helicopters and transported each patient one by one to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.
Social media videos show a large shelf of stone collapsing and crashing down the mountain.
Niclas Brundell confirmed to CBC News he was in the vicinity and watched the slide he estimated at 160 feet wide and 30 feet deep.
“We heard this like ‘chunk’ noise and the whole roof of the wall came loose. And we just started sprinting down. I was yelling at my wife, ‘Go, go, go! We need to run as fast as we can’ We just kept sprinting and I couldn’t see the people behind us anymore because they were all in that cloud of rock. And I saw rocks coming tumbling out of that. So it was, it was big. It was, like, the full mountainside,” he narrated.
The park region now has been closed by authorities.
The Mail reported, “Alberta’s premier, Danielle Smith, shared a statement as well, offering her condolences to the families affected by this tragic natural disaster. ‘I am deeply saddened to learn of the tragic event at Bow Glacier Falls, north of Banff, today. We are thinking of all those involved and wishing for their safety as we await further details.'”
Bob Unruh