YEKATERINBURG, February 22 (RIA Novosti) - Two boys have died in an avalanche in the Orenburg Region in the Urals, an emergencies ministry spokesman said on Friday.
Two boys aged 12 and 14, who were sledging down a snowy slope on home-made boards, were buried under a 2-meter (6.5 feet) layer of snow.
The bodies were found after a three-hour rescue operation. According to preliminary reports, the boys suffocated.
