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Icy waters and rocks of Val d'Isere claim life of another young British skier
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Several weeks after the dangerous River Isere in Val d'Isere took the life of 20-year-old student Rachel Ward, a 21-year-old male British skier has apparently been killed by the rocks and icy waters of the Calabourdanne river which feeds it from the Manchet/Charvet valleys.
It seems that the - as yet unnamed - skier was skiing off-piste, lost control or sight of the river ahead and shot into the water, injuring himself on the rocks. The incident happened last Friday at approximately 4pm. ... It seems that he was skiing into the Manchet valley (or possibly variants of the the Epaule du Charvet or Santons pistes) and ended up in the river. Local police and the mountain rescue service of Bourg St Maurice have concluded from his tracks that he was skiing at high speed. Another skier alerted staff at the Clochetons restaurant, who mounted a rescue. The skier (who lives in Redhill, Surrey) was rushed to Grenoble by helicopter, was quickly identified by police, but had knocked himself out and was seriously injured. He was already in a "very critical" state on arrival at the hospital.
This report from Alexandra Williams in Chamonix for
Telegraph.co.uk.
Does anyone local have further information on this accident?
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Some french websites are carrying the story but with no more info than already provided above
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
It was the boys last run on his final day of his holiday....RIP
Deepest condolences to his family and friends.
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The 21-year-old skier who died in this accident has now been named as Patrick Evans, who was on a family ski holiday. As previously reported the family are from Redhill, Surrey.
This further report from
GetSurrey.co.uk
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'The Last Photo' of Patrick Evans, taken on the slopes above Val d'Isere, with a further report on his accident from
DailyMail.co.uk
From this report it seems that his poor family actually discovered him, because they were skiing behind him. Maybe they then alerted the restaurant to help them.
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