KIRKWOOD, Calif. -- A California mother and son were discovered under several feet of snow near the Northern California condo complex where they were staying.
The mother and her son were calling it a day, heading back to their condo when the snow came crashing down on them.
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Olga Perkovic, 50, and her 7-year-old son Aaron Goodstein had finished their last run of the day at Kirkwood Mountain Resort.
Deputies say they took a different path to get to their condo, through a wooded area. But moments after reaching the Edelweiss condo complex, snow slid from the roof.
Perkovic and her son ended up buried in three feet of snow.
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To those who knew the mother and son, the tragic accident comes as a shock. Aaron was a first grader at French American International School in San Francisco's Hayes Valley.
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