Body of snowboarder Collin Backowski, 25, found after he was buried alive when ice tunnel collapsed on Mount Hood

Mike Gallagher Mike Gallagher
Aug 4, 2013 - 15:25
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Body of snowboarder Collin Backowski, 25, found after he was buried alive when ice tunnel collapsed on Mount Hood
The body of Colllin Backowski, 25, from Colorado, was found on Sunday after he buried alive for more than half a day in a collapsed tunnel on Mount Hood in Oregon. Rescue crews resumed the search early Sunday morning for the snowboarder struck by ice the

A SNOWBOARDER is believed to have died after he was trapped under a slab of ice the size of a school bus.

Collin Backowski, 25, was buried under the giant piece of ice after a tunnel collapsed on top of him on Mount Hood in the US state of Oregon, according to Oregon Live.

Mr Backowski is said to have been searching for a place to snowboard with five other men in their 20s, who all survived the collapse - although two were injured by debris.

Searchers were attempting to clear the ice tunnel, at an elevation of about 2.5 kilometres, with hand tools.

"This is clearly not a good-looking situation when it comes to survivability," said Sergeant Pete Hughes, a spokesman for the Hood River County Sheriff's Office.