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Gargantuan ‘Tsar Icicle’ collapses on tourists in Russia, killing one – Livescience.com
The 130-foot-tall waterfall freezes every winter, drawing hundreds of tourists.
One tourist has died and three others were hospitalized with severe injuries after the collapse of an enormous frozen waterfall in eastern Russia on Thursday (Jan. 7), according to news reports.
The four tourists were among dozens of visitors to Russia’s Vilyuchinsky waterfall a tourist attraction known in winter as the Tsar Icicle on Thursday. The 130-foot-tall (40 meters) tower of ice collapsed suddenly, trapping the four beneath a sheet of ice for several hours.
More than 40 rescuers flew to…
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