Hungarian consul János Szerencsés in Kosice said a man and a woman were injured as they attempted to scale a peak.

The man, who was ahead, was killed when he slipped and plunged into a snowy valley from about 20 metres. As his climbing companion was linked to him by a rope, she also fell. She was driven to Poprád hospital and is not in critical danger."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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