Inquest Held Into UK Avalanche Victim
12th May 2025
27 year old Joshua Byers, from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire was buried by an avalanche at Val Thorens an inquest heard. NEW
The death happened after an historic April snowstorm.
He was near the roadside in Val Thorens when he was swept up and carried 15m by an avalanche on 17th April.
We reported on the incident at the time on PlanetSKI.
Mr Byers was taken to hospital in Grenoble where he was pronounced dead.
An inquest into Mr Byers’ death, which opened at Northallerton Coroner’s Court and was told the provisional cause of death was asphyxia.
Coroner Jon Heath adjourned the inquest to a future date at the same venue.
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