Six lives claimed as second snowstorm hits Europe

EUROPE’S second snowstorm this week piled drifts on tracks and roads yesterday, slowing rail service, stranding motorists and causing hundreds of traffic accidents. At least six deaths were attributed to a week of icy weather.

A British couple on their way back from Eurodisney died yesterday when their car overturned in wintry conditions on a French motorway, police said.

The man, aged 36, and woman, 39, from Stafford, were believed to be going at around 200kph (120mph).