A British man has been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps – the third in a matter of days to die in such circumstances. He had been skiing with a group of four others when the avalanche struck near the resort town of La Grave on Tuesday morning, local media reported.
Mountain rescuers came to the scene, but the Briton and a Polish citizen were pronounced dead, according to the BBC. It comes just days after two British men were among three killed in an avalanche in the Val d’Isere ski resort on Friday morning.
On Tuesday, an avalanche warning was issued for the Northern Alps and the Hautes-Alpes, which includes La Grave, by Meteo-France, the country’s national weather service. It said the avalanche risk remains high on Wednesday as sunshine is forecast, leading to thawing ice.
On Friday, the skiers were killed at the plush Val-d’Isere ski resort in France, and it is understood they were swept away in a violent snowslide in an off-piste section. Two UK nationals sadly died, alongside a French citizen, an official said.
Another Brit was injured in the incident, the official also said. The public prosecutor of Albertville, Benoît Bachelet, told Le Monde: « One of the deceased victims, a French national, was skiing alone in that area. The two other deceased and the injured person are British nationals. They belonged to a group of five skiers accompanied by an instructor. The instructor is unharmed. »
Local authorities have launched investigations to determine the cause of death in both avalanches, the BBC also reported. The Daily Express has conctacted the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for comment.
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