Berlin, Dec 28 (AP) Two German teenagers died after skiing off the edge of a slope in Austria on Wednesday and falling up to 60 metres, police said.

Witnesses saw the 17-year-old boys skiing at high speed down an intermediate-difficulty red slope in the Waidring ski area and then coming off the slope around halfway down, police in Tyrol province said in a statement.

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Emergency responders at the scene and two rescue helicopter crews were unable to save the skiers, who died at the scene. (AP)

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