Val-d'Isère Avalanche Kills Two Brits

Two British skiers, Stuart Leslie and Shaun Overy, along with a French national, died in a devastating avalanche in France — Val-d Isère, France, on February 13. The group was skiing off-piste with an instructor when they were swept away. The avalanche occurred less than 24 hours after the area was on a rare red alert due to heavy snowfall from Storm Nils, leading to questions about the instructor's decision to go off-piste. Local police, Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité, have launched a manslaughter investigation. Stuart Leslie was a sales and marketing director for VF Developments, and Shaun Overy ran a plumbing business.