The coach was taking passengers back from the Alpe d'Huez ski resort.
One Briton was killed after a coach carrying ski resort staff crashed in the French Alps.
French police said the dead person was driving more than 50 UK nationals home from the resort of Alpe d’Huez when the coach veered off the road after an apparent problem with the brakes.
It smashed into rocks on the side of the road before bursting into flames.
UK travel organisation Abta said the Britons were staff who were on their way home having been working for a Brighton-based ski company at Alpe d’Huez and other resorts.
Several passengers escaped from the burning wreckage by jumping from the windows. At least four people were said to have been seriously injured, with those hurt being treated in local hospitals.
A helicopter was scrambled to the scene where firefighters battled to put out the flames.
A local police spokesman said: “There was apparently a problem with the coach’s brakes.
“The driver seems to have lost control on a steep bend in the road and his vehicle crashed into rocks. It burst into flames but everyone is now out. Some passengers escaped by jumping out the windows.”
