Five-year-old British girl ‘killed in collision on French ski slope’
The child is reported to have been hit near the edge of a blue slope and died shortly afterwards.
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Your support makes all the difference.A five-year-old British girl has been killed in a collision on a ski slope in the Alps according to French media.
The girl was one of five children taking part in a ski lesson in Flaine in the Haute-Savoie region of France, when she was “violently” struck by another skier who lost control on Saturday morning, according to France Bleu.
The child, said to have been living in Geneva, Switzerland is reported to have been hit near the edge of a blue slope, Les Serpentines, and died shortly afterwards.
The child was in a queue behind the group and was about to make a right turn when she was very violently hit by a skier going at high speed who tried in vain to avoid her.
A 40-year-old man has been arrested and a manslaughter investigation has been opened, the outlet said.
According to France Bleu, a statement from the Bonneville prosecutor’s office, which has opened the case, said: “The child was in a queue behind the group and was about to make a right turn when she was very violently hit by a skier going at high speed who tried in vain to avoid her.”