A skier died on Sunday on a slope in the resort of Les Orres (Hautes-Alpes) after a violent collision with another user, AFP learned from the resort. The accident happened on Sundayaround 10:30 a.m., on a black runof the ski area, station director Xavier Corne told AFP.
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“Unfortunately one of the two skiers died“, he added, specifying that the victim is a 42-year-old man, resident in Aix-en-Provence and of Spanish nationality. “An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of the collision.“, he said. “What we do know is that the shock was very violent“.
The other skier, aged 17 and a half, washospitalized in Gap“and its vital prognosis”is not engaged“, according to him.