Eight face trial over alpine flood deaths

Eight former employees of a Swiss tour operator go on trial today accused of the negligent killing of 21 young people, including three British people, who drowned in an Alpine flood two years ago.

The picturesque resort of Interlaken became a place of horror on July 27, 1999, when a flash flood drowned the 18 tourists and three guides, sweeping them down to a lake where they were discovered by a jogger.