(ANSA) - ROME, APR 2 - Two people died and one seriously injured in an avalanche that swept over a group of seven ski mountaineers Sunday morning in Vallelunga, near the Resia Pass in South Tyrol or Alto Adige, local sources said.
    The accident occurred at an altitude of about 2,700 metres on the Tiergartenspitz peak.
    The avalanche hit the group of hikers.
    Two ski mountaineers were buried by the snow and were recovered by the mountain rescue team, already dead.
    The injured person was transported by helicopter to Bolzano hospital.
    According to initial information, they were local people. The Sagf rescue service from nearby Silandro was also on the scene.
    (ANSA).