A 27-year-old British man died after being buried in snow during a series of unusual avalanches at the Val Thorens ski resort in the French Alps. The victim was swept 50 feet (15 meters) while near a roadside and suffered cardiac arrest. Despite being rescued and receiving first aid, he later died in a Grenoble hospital; local authorities have since closed the slopes and ordered a lockdown due to record snowfalls, prompting an investigation into his death.
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Woman died after falling on escalator inside a shopping centre
A 90-year-old woman, Margaret Rose Harris, died after falling on an escalator in the WHSmith store at the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea on January 21. An inquest revealed that she suffered severe leg injuries and that prescribed medications contributed to her bleeding; the coroner ruled her death as an accident, with no faults found in the escalator. Want More Context? 🔎
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