Three skiers were killed and two were injured in an avalanche in central Austria. AP agency reports.. The victims were part of a group of 11 skiers, eight of whom were caught in a roughly 200-meter-wide snow slab while climbing the slope on a ski tour on Saturday in the Tweng district of Salzburg province.. Three skiers were completely covered by an avalanche, and two more were partially trapped in a snow trap and were able to free themselves, local police said.. Rescuers managed to find two skiers using search devices; one was already dead and the other died in a hospital in Klagenfurt. The third buried skier did not have a search engine with him.. His body was found about four hours after the avalanche. The victims were citizens of Austria, two of them are 19 years old, the third is 24. Two injured skiers were taken to a local hospital.