Alps avalanche kills 3 skiers, 1 missing

BOLZANO, Italy, April 1 (UPI) -- Three skiers were killed in an avalanche on the Punta Beltovo di Dentro in the Italian Alps and another was missing, authorities said.

Rescuers searched for the fourth person believed to have been swept up in the avalanche on the mountain on the Swiss-Italian border that rises more than 10,826 feet above sea level, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Monday.

Rescue helicopters were brought in for the search, ANSA said.