Two separate avalanches kill at least 3 and injure 4 at tourist hot spot
Several dead after avalanches hit French Alps
- Three people died and four others were injured after two separate avalanches struck the French Alps on Tuesday.
- A large, 300-metre-wide slide in Valloire, southeast France, killed three and seriously injured two, with rescue operations halted due to persistent risk.
- Separately, two skiers died in an off-piste avalanche in La Grave, in the neighbouring Hautes-Alpes region, according to French broadcaster BFMTV.
- These fatalities follow another fatal avalanche last Friday in Val d'Isere, which claimed the lives of three skiers, including British national Stuart Leslie.
- A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the Val d'Isere incident, which occurred after the resort had issued a rare red alert for avalanche risk.
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