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A 13-year-old teenager died in an avalanche this Wednesday, December 25 while he was skiing in the Arcs area, in Savoie. (Illustrative photo)
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS – A tragedy two days after the death of snowboarder Sophie Hediger caught in an avalanche in Switzerland. A 13-year-old teenager died in an avalanche this Wednesday, December 25 while he was skiing in the Les Arcs area, the Chambéry prefecture told AFP, confirming information from France Bleu Pays-de-Savoie. The boy was traveling off-piste at the time of the accident.
The teenager was skiing with six other people in the Aiguille Rouge sector in Arc 2000 and was not equipped with an avalanche victim detector (DVA), France Bleu Pays-de-Savoie said, citing emergency services in mountain.
Risque ” brand “ avalanche after a snowy episode ” outstanding “
According to the first elements of the investigation revealed by France Bleu, it was a surfer who was moving upstream who triggered the avalanche. The victim and the six other skiers in the group are from the same family. They were in Les Arcs for the end of year holidays.
The Albertville public prosecutor's office opened an investigation and entrusted the investigations to the PGHM of Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
The conditions were difficult with many sensitive plates and a “marked risk” (3 out of 5) of avalanches in Haute-Tarentaise and in most of the other massifs of the Alpes-du-Nord, after a snowy episode ” outstanding “ Sunday, according to Météo France.
Several people have already been swept away in avalanches in the Alps since the start of the week.
On Monday, Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger, who has two World Cup podiums and had participated in the 2022 Olympics, died in an avalanche while she was going off-piste with her companion in Arosa, in the Swiss Alps. The same day, two teenagers aged 12 and 17 who were skiing off-piste with their father in Val d'Isère were also swept away and injured by an avalanche.
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