Two people died following an avalanche in the Scottish highlands, police said last night. The man and a woman had earlier been airlifted from the Chalamain Gap area of the Cairngorms to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Another man, who was flown to the same hospital, was in a critical condition last night. It is the latest in a series of avalanches in the Scottish mountains in recent weeks.
Earlier this week, a hillwalker died during an expedition with a mountaineering club in the Cairngorms. In a separate incident earlier this month, three men survived falling 150m in an avalanche in the Coire an tSneachda area of the Cairngorms.
In January, four people were killed in an avalanche in Glencoe, one of whom was Una Finnegan (25), from Coleraine, Co Derry. - (PA)Briefs
