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An avalanche in Canada has claimed the lives of two prominent brothers from York, Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Kinsley and Timothy Kinsley — an executive of Kinsley Enterprises and president of Kinsley Properties, respectively — were on a ski trip in British Columbia, Canada, when they died, Kinsley Constructionannounced in a statementon Facebook Tuesday.
Jonathan, 59, and Timothy, 57, were on a tour with CMH Heli-Skiing when they weretrapped in an avalanchein Revelstoke, B.C., Canadian outlet CBC reported.
CMH has sincereleased a statementon its website. It said that around 2:46 p.m. local time on Monday, an avalanche hit CMH Nomads near Revelstoke.
CMH Guides attempted to help two people “who were unresponsive,” the company added in its statement. They were rushed to the Kelowna airport before being taken to Kelowna General Hospital, where they were declared dead.
A CMH guide was also injured and is currently in stable condition, receiving treatment at Kelowna General Hospital, CMH shared.
PEOPLE reached out to RCMP and the coroner’s office, but did not immediately hear back.
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CMH did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The tragedy comes after three people have died during B.C.’s current and severe avalanche season, which authorities have warned backcountry skiers about, CBC added.
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Between Nov. 1, 2011, and April 30, 2022, 77 people have diedfrom an avalanche, the coroner’s office said in a new report published on its website Wednesday (avalanche season runs from November to the following April).
Timothy had worked with Kinsley Properties for 40 years before his death. He was a devout businessman and served as the second vice chair of the York County Community Foundation board; he was also the chairman of its YorkCounts committee. He wason the executive committeeof Better York, according to Fox 43.
His brother, Jonathan, was the president of Kinsley Construction for 26 of the 36 years he was with the company. He was also the president and CEO for three years, and worked as an executive in Kinsley Enterprises, per Fox 43.
source: people.com
