Two children killed as huge rock crashes into family ski chalet

TwoTwo children died when their mountain chalet was crushed by an enormous rock near the Alpine ski resort of Isola 2000 early on Sunday morning, reports The Guardian.

The boys, aged seven and 10, were asleep in the building with five adults when the tragedy happened at around 5am.

The massive block of rock measuring 10m by 5m smashed into a nearby road before plunging down on to the three-storey chalet at the edge of the village where two families were staying.

Jean-Marie Bogini, the local mayor, told French journalists that around 60 paramedics and mountain rescuers with sniffer dogs were at the scene.

Read more of this report from The Guardian.