Three dead and five seriously injured in Alps avalanche
Two French school pupils and a Ukrainian skier have died after an avalanche in the French Alps.
Five others, four pupils and a teacher, are seriously injured according to French media.
Two dead, three gravely injured, in French Alps avalanche
At least two people have died and three are "gravely injured" after an avalanche at the Deux Alpes ski resort in the French Alps.
One of the dead was a 14 year-old boy from Lyon who was among a group of 10 students swept away by the avalanche along with the adult accompanying them.
The body of a Ukrainian skier was also found by rescue teams, a spokesman for regional police said.
Five have been rescued including three people who were found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest, police said.
The avalanche happened after a large sheet of snow broke off above a black-rated slope that had been closed following several days of heavy snowfall.
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