Two women hikers freeze to death in northern Spain
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Madrid - Two women hikers who got lost in the Pyrenees Mountains in northern Spain were found frozen to death by rescue teams, officials reported Sunday. Authorities in the north-eastern city Gerona said three others in the five-member group of hikers survived and were taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia. The hikers - four women and one man aged between 45 and 60 years - had somehow lost the trail and then had broken up into two groups, officials said.
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