A 10-year-old girl died on Wednesday January 22 following a collision against a rock wall on Tuesday while she was skiing in the resort area of Villard-de-Lans, in Isère, the prosecution announced. from Grenoble.
Schooled in the town, the young victim “was going on a ski trip as part of school. The group, at a third star level, was moving on a blue “connection” track. when the accident occurred, explains prosecutor Eric Vaillant in a press release. “For a reason that remains to be clarified, it deviated from its trajectory and hit the rock wall which borders the track on one side, at a moderate speed according to witnesses”specifies the magistrate.
According to the regional daily The Dauphiné Libéréthe accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. The young skier was in cardiorespiratory arrest when rescuers from the high mountain gendarmerie platoon (PGHM) of Isère and a doctor from Samu 38 arrived before be resuscitated.
Her vital prognosis still compromised, she was then transported by the Civil Security helicopter to the Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital where she was admitted to the discharge department, according to the newspaper.
-“Despite her helmet, she suffered head trauma and died this evening [mercredi] vers 20 h 30 »concluded prosecutor Vaillant, specifying that an investigation was opened to “manslaughter” and entrusted to the PGHM.
