It was finally a skier who raised the alarm, but it was already too late. ENVATO ELEMENTS – Anna Om
A 36-year-old man died on Christmas Eve after getting his head stuck in the snow at the Flaine resort in Haute-Savoie.
The tragedy took place in the Combe de Vernant area, on an off-piste section of the Flaine ski area in Haute-Savoie.
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One A 36-year-old snowboarder from Haute-Savoie was skiing off-piste in the late morning when he fell head first into the powder, where he got stuck, reports the Dauphiné Libéré .
With no witnesses to come to his aid or contact emergency services, the young man suffocated by choking on the snow.
“We don't know why he didn't manage to free himself on his own and how long he remained with his head stuck in the snow”, declared the head of the Haute-Savoie high mountain gendarmerie platoon, Commander Etienne Rolland to our colleagues at France Bleu.
Rare accident
It was finally a skier who raised the alarm, but it was already too late: “Despite our intervention, we were unable to resuscitate him”, explained the boss of the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon.
This terrible accident is not trivial: “It's not something that happens regularly,” he said. indicated.