A Frenchman whose job was to check the safety of ski slopes has died overnight after being injured in an avalanche at a popular Alps ski resort, Swiss police said. A Frenchman whose job was to check the safety of ski slopes has died overnight after being injured in an avalanche at a popular Alps ski resort, Swiss police said. The 34-year-old man was one of four injured people rescued after being swept away on Tuesday by an avalanche that hit a slope on Plaine Morte, a glacier near the town of Crans-Montana. Police in Valais also said that an overnight search did not result in any more people being found. Rescue crews at the avalanche site in Crans-Montana (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)They said they continued searching all night but stopped on Wednesday morning.

Source: Irish Independent February 20, 2019 10:52 UTC