Authorities Probe Instructor Following Avalanche Deaths of Stuart Leslie and Shaun Overy
French prosecutors launched a manslaughter investigation into a ski instructor after an avalanche in Val d'Isère killed Stuart Leslie, Shaun Overy, and a French national.The group was skiing off-piste in the Manchet valley during a rare red alert warning when the slide swept them 400 meters down the mountain into a stream.While a third British skier survived with minor injuries, this latest tragedy brings the total number of avalanche deaths in
France to 25 for the current winter season.