Three die in French Alps avalanche

An avalanche that struck a school group skiing in the Alps yesterday afternoon killed two French high school students and a Ukrainian skier.

The avalanche in the Deux Alpes resort hit 10 students from the Saint Exupery school in Lyon and their teacher.

At least two other members of the group were found in a state of cardiac arrest and the teacher was found with multiple injuries. They were transferred to a hospital in Grenoble.