3 men killed after being swept away in BC avalanche

Three men were killed in an avalanche on the east side of Kootenay Lake, B.C. on Monday.

In a release, Kaslo RCMP said that around 1 p.m. PT, two groups of skiers had just finished skiing the bowl and were waiting in a staging area below the tree line of the Clute Creek watershed.

The pilot of a transport helicopter was nearing the group when they saw an avalanche start to happen.

And as Global's Alissa Thibault reports, the tragedy could've claimed more lives if the pilot had not sounded the siren in time.