PARIS (AP) — A French official says that some high school students swept away by a deadly avalanche in the Alps may have skied ahead of their teacher.
Jean-Paul Bonnetain, top administrative official for the Isere region, urged all skiers to heed avalanche warnings after three people were killed at the Deux-Alpes ski resort Wednesday. Two were among a group of 10 French high school students skiing with their teacher, and the third was believed to be a Ukrainian skier.
Speaking on i-Tele television Thursday, Bonnetain said “initial witness accounts describe students passing ahead of the leader.”
Another regional official said the group …read more
Source: KXAN
