An 11-year-old Massachusetts girl died Thursday in an avalanche while vacationing with her family in Utah, according to the Unified Police Department.

Police said Madelyn Eitas, of Rochester, Massachusetts, passed away after she was pulled from the snow near Brighton Ski Resort.

Officers were called to the Brighton Ski Resort around 12:30 p.m. for reports of an avalanche with a young girl, later identified as Eitas, caught in the snow.

Police said the victim’s family and more than 20 citizens had already started searching for the girl as rescue teams assembled at the resort.

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