Overview
- The man was found in cardiac arrest around 9:30 a.m. Friday on a piste at the Pra Loup resort in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- PGHM rescuers and a SAMU team responded after a collision between two skiers that sent the victim off the marked run.
- The Digne-les-Bains prosecutor said initial findings indicate he lost balance while avoiding his daughter and then struck a tree stump.
- The daughter sustained minor injuries and was treated and evacuated, according to local reports.
- An inquiry led by the Barcelonnette gendarmerie is underway, with media reporting conflicting ages for the victim as 67 or 77.