Avalanche at Russian resort kills child

An avalanche swept into a chairlift Sunday at a ski resort that is part of Russia's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, killing a 10-year-old child and trapping at least three other people, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The avalanche took place at Krasnaya Polyana, one of Russia's best-known ski centers.

Sergei Petrov, a spokesman for the emergency ministry's southern district, said the avalanche swept the four people off a chairlift. About 60 other people were on the lift at the time.

Krasnaya Polyana, in the Caucasus Mountains about 30 miles east of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, is visited annually by Russian President Vladimir Putin for a skiing holiday.