Midair collision kills 5 over Italian Alps

By Senhan Bolelli

MADRID

At least five people were killed when a tourist airplane and a helicopter collided in mid-air over the Italian Alps, Italian media reports said on Friday.

The crash, above the Rutor glacier in the Aosta Valley near France, also critically injured two people, the reports said.

The cause of the collision is unclear, and the nationalities of the victims have yet to be announced.