Swiss Alps ski tragedy claims three brothers among five found dead at scene
Three brothers were among a family of skiers found dead after being caught in a storm 3,500 metres up in the Swiss Alps.
Jean-Vincent Moix, a former banker educated at the University of Westminster in London, his brother David and another unnamed sibling are believed to have frozen to death close to the Tete Blanche mountain on Saturday evening.
A cousin and an uncle also died and a sixth person was still missing last night.
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Rescuers said the Swiss skiers tried to make a snow cave but lost consciousness and died of exposure.
They sent a distress signal but the fierce weather stopped help arriving until the next day.
