Death of Briton along with Polish citizen near La Grave comes four days after fatal avalanche at Val d’Isère

A third British man has been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps.

The man had been skiing with a group of four others when the avalanche struck near the resort town of La Grave on Tuesday morning, local media reported.

Mountain rescuers came to the scene but the Briton and a Polish citizen were pronounced dead, the BBC reported.

The latest fatality comes after two British men were among three killed in an avalanche in the Val d’Isère ski resort on Friday morning.