Four skiers have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps, and their guide has been detained by police over potentially putting the group at risk.
Another person was injured and has been hospitalised, while the guide escaped unharmed from the avalanche in the area around Entraunes in the southern Alps, local authorities in the Alpes-Maritimes department said.
The group was swept away while skiing off-piste near the Mercantour national park, not far from France’s border with Italy. It was this winter’s deadliest avalanche so far.
The guide was held in police custody on Friday night and an investigation has been opened into possible manslaughter and unintentional harm, Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre said.
Pretre told the media that the skiers were “apparently experienced” and accompanied by the senior guide who knew the mountain range.
Source : theguardian
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