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French transport minister Frederic Cuvillier praised Mr Wrightson's "remarkable courage" when he visited the scene.
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Family and friends paid tribute to Mr Wrightson using a Facebook tribute page for the driver.
BBC: Alps coach crash: British driver killed is named
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Mr Wrightson worked for County Durham-based Classic Coaches and the coach had been hired by Brighton company Skibound.
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Mr Wrightson, 63, worked for County Durham-based Classic Coaches and the coach had been hired by Brighton company Skibound.
BBC: Alps coach crash: British driver killed is named
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French transport minister Frederic Cuvillier visited the scene near Alpe d'Huez and said Maurice Wrightson, 64, had displayed "remarkable courage".
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Family and friends paid tribute to Mr Wrightson using a Facebook page.
BBC: Scene of French Alps coach crash
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Lou Crandall of Wrightson ICAP, a research firm, reckons that half of those reserves have ended up with the American subsidiaries of foreign-owned banks.
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The British driver who died after a coach carrying ski resort staff crashed in the French Alps has been named as Maurice Wrightson, from Northumberland.
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Wendy Wrightson described him as "a good man who lost his life far too soon, but lost it a hero doing what he did best".
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Mr Cuvillier suggested that Mr Wrightson, from Ashington, had saved lives by trying to slow down the vehicle by hitting rocks rather than risk it going over a precipice.
BBC: Alps coach crash: British driver killed is named