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14 Jan, 2016

Teacher investigated

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A French teacher is under investigation for manslaughter for taking children onto a closed ski run just prior to a fatal avalanche in the French Alps. Authorities say the trail closure was clearly marked and that the risk was known. The teacher was seriously injured in the disaster and remains in hospital. Minister for Youth and Sport:

How could you consider taking children, after a period of heavy snow, on to a piste that was closed?”