Third British skier dies in French avalanche just days after two others lost their lives

A British man died in an avalanche in the French Alps on Tuesday, as the third Briton to be killed in the region in the past week. A group of five people were skiing off piste near the resort town of La Grave when the avalanche struck. Two of the skiers - a Polish born British man who was living in Switzerland and a Polish man, both aged in their 30s - were killed. Their guide was injured and taken to hospital, with two other skiers in the group, a German and an Australian, escaping unharmed

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Third British skier dies in French avalanche just days after two others lost their lives

A British man died in an avalanche in the French Alps on Tuesday, as the third Briton to be killed in the region in the past week. A group of five people were skiing off piste near the resort town of La Grave when the avalanche struck. Two of the skiers - a Polish born British man who was living in Switzerland and a Polish man, both aged in their 30s - were killed. Their guide was injured and taken to hospital, with two other skiers in the group, a German and an Australian, escaping unharmed

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