A group of five skiers was hit by the avalanche above the village of Trasquera in the Piedmont region. Two survived and were helicoptered to hospital.
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00:00Three people were killed in an avalanche above the town of Traschera in Italy's region of
00:07Piedmont on Sunday. In total, five people were hit. Two survivors were taken to a local
00:14hospital by helicopter. They are reportedly the ones who alerted the rescue services.
00:20The breakup of the avalanche occurred near the border between Italy and Switzerland.
00:25It was not clear whether the five people were skiing off-piste or whether they were
00:29hikers on snowshoes.