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Pra Loup Skier Dies After Collision as Inquiry Examines Report He Tried to Avoid Daughter

Prosecutors opened a judicial investigation to verify early accounts of an off-piste fall that ended against a tree stump.

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.