A man and a woman who were hit by an
avalanche while skiing on Forcella Giau in the Dolomites above
Cortina d'Ampezzo have died, newspapers Corriere della Sera and
Messaggero reported on Monday.
Elisa De Nardi, 38, from nearby Conegliano, died overnight at
the hospital of Treviso while 40-year-old Abel Ayala Anchundia,
a resident of Vittorio Veneto originally from Ecuador, died at
around midnight at a hospital in Mestre near Venice, according
to the reports.
A third skier who survived the incident, Andrea De Nardi, a
51-year-old from Conegliano, is being treated in Pieve di Cadore
Hospital but he is not in serious condition, medical sources
have said.
Another skier who was part of the group and was not hit by the
avalanche was able to alert rescue services immediately after
the incident on Sunday.
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