Three people diedand two were injured on Sunday as a result of an avalanche in Piedmont north Italian, near the border with Switzerland, the Italian ANSA news agency reported, citing mountain rescuers.
He intervened on the spot called by a witness events Alpine mountain rescue team. Two injured transported by helicopter to the local hospital.
According to ANSA, the victims have not yet been identified they were going off-pisteor wandered on snowshoes.
Deadly avalanches in northern Italy
An avalanche occurred in the area the town of Trasquera in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola.
In the area Alp Lepontyńskie, where the accident occurred, is valid third degree of avalanche danger.
To not the first tragedy in the region Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Last year on January 7 in an avalanche two people died therewalking with snowshoes.