Avalanche in Lincoln County kills UT snowmobile driver

SALT LAKE CITY — A Springville man was killed in an avalanche Sunday in Wyoming. Nicholas Bringhurst, 31, was snowmobiling at LaBarge Creek in Lincoln County, Wyoming on Sunday with a friend when he was caught in an avalanche likely triggered by the snowmobile. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office was notified of the avalanche and injury after receiving a Garmin InReach notification. Air Idaho and Star Valley Search and Rescue responded to the area, where they found the two riders. Bringhurst's friend had located and unburied Bringhurst to initiate CPR. Bringhurst, however, had been buried under two feet of snow and caught under his snowmobile. He died from his injuries. Lincoln County Coroner Dain Schwab took Bringhurst's body to determine the official cause of death.

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