AUSTRIAN police have questioned a group of British teenagers and two Germans over a brawl outside a ski lift that left three people injured.

Officers said the incident happened on Thursday morning following a verbal dispute between the skiers over who could get into the Gruenwaldkopfbahn gondola in the resort of Obertauern first.

In a statement, Salzburg police said a 51-year-old German, his 16-year-old son and a group of seven British students aged 15-16 began beating each other with fists and ski poles as they exited the lift.

The brawl ended after a ski instructor and one of the students’ chaperones intervened. Police said the 16-year-old German suffered a broken arm in the incident.

Media outlets West Yorkshire area are reporting that the British students are allegedly from Calderdale College in Halifax.