A British woman has died following a collision with another UK tourist while skiing at a French resort this morning.
Emergency services rushed to Les Arcs resort at around 10:30am after reports of a violent collision on a black slope.
The 65-year-old female skier was pronounced dead at the scene after the incident on the Aiguille Rouge piste.
The crash occurred when she collided with a 35-year-old British man on one of the resort’s most challenging runs.
The incident happened on the Aiguille Rouge mountain
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Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the woman but were unsuccessful. The woman reportedly lost control of her skis while descending the steep Aiguille Rouge slope.
She crashed into the British man, who was stationary on the slope at the time of the collision. According to French news outlet Le Dauphine, the male skier suffered a broken leg in the impact.
He was immediately transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. Investigations into the circumstances leading up to the fatal crash are ongoing, with officers yet to determine the exact cause of the woman’s death.
Neither of the skiers has been named by authorities.
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A man was taken to hospital after the incident on the piste
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This tragedy comes just two days after an avalanche struck a group of skiers in Italy’s northern Piedmont region, killing three people.
The avalanche occurred on Sunday at the eastern face of Punta Valgrande, a summit on the Italian-Swiss border.
Two survivors were airlifted to hospital, while three others suffered fatal injuries after being dragged downhill for 700m.
An avalanche warning had been issued for altitudes above 6,900ft in the affected Italian region, cautioning about a “considerable danger of avalanches.”
Eyewitnesses described a violent avalanche descending the mountain, sweeping skiers from their path.
The area of the Lepontine Alps where the incident occurred has been rated with a third-degree avalanche risk level.
