{"id":25710,"date":"2018-02-19T11:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=25710"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:50:52","slug":"cambridge-men-named-french-alps-ski-fatality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/19\/cambridge-men-named-french-alps-ski-fatality\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge Men Named in French Alps Ski Fatality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two men from Cambridge who fell hundreds of metres while skiing in Chamonix in the French Alps have been named as and Oscar Cassagneau-Francis, both 26.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25712\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67605778-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67605778-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67605778-405x420.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67605778.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">rajen mahendra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oscar Cassagneau-Francis\u2019 older brother Oliver, 28, was also skiing with the pair when the incident occurred. He was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the area\u2019s mountain rescue, Le Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne, said: \u201cThe British men were skiing in a group of three when they were killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA third man, who was also British, raised the alarm just after 11am and mountain rescue services arrived within 10 minutes but the two victims were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25711\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67539298-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67539298-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67539298-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67539298-696x496.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67539298-589x420.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pri_67539298.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oscar Cassagneau-Francis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is understood that the three men were all on holiday in the region. The deceased were skiing off-piste but the route is very well-known and is popular with skiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conditions were very unfavourable. The snow was very compacted and very icy and it is believed that both the deceased slipped. They fell several hundred metres to their deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: \u201cWe are in touch with the French authorities following the death of two British people in France and are providing support to their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports have stated that both men fell independently of each other, although moments apart.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Inghams, the tour operator the men were travelling with, said: \u201cWe are working closely with local authorities in Chamonix and the British consulate following the fatal accident involving two skiers on Sunday, January 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with the family and friends of our guests at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two men from Cambridge who fell hundreds of metres while skiing in Chamonix in the French Alps have been named as and Oscar Cassagneau-Francis, both 26. Oscar Cassagneau-Francis\u2019 older brother Oliver, 28, was also skiing with the pair when the incident occurred. He was unharmed. A spokesman for the area\u2019s mountain rescue, Le Peloton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,38,3,112],"tags":[810,812,811],"class_list":["post-25710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-national-news","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-french-alps-ski-fatality","tag-oscar-cassagneau-francis","tag-rajen-mahindra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}