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    Skiers at Avoriaz

    Skiers on the slope at Avoriaz, a popular location in the Alps (Picture: Shutterstock)

    A British skier has actually passed away after crashing into a tree at a resort in the French Alps.

    The guy, thought to be 68 years of ages, was apparently attempting to prevent a group of fellow skiers on the piste at Avoriaz in Morzine the other day.

    He struck the tree at high speed and was noticable dead at the scene, according to the Daily Mail.

    His death comes a month after another guy passed away on the Swiss Wall near Champery in Switzerland, likewise part of the Portes du Soleil area.

    The 47- year-old was trying the piste– among the world’s most hazardous– in spite of it being closed due to icy conditions.

    He is thought to have actually fallen numerous hundred metres to his death on the ski run, which has a 37 ° typical slope and as much as 76% gradient.

    The skier was the 3rd Brit to pass away on the slopes in an 11- day duration in between January and February.

    Yesterday, a bus loaded with Welsh schoolchildren taking a trip to a ski resort in the Austrian Alps struck a truck on a German roadway.

    Their school later on verified no trainees or personnel had actually been injured in the crash.

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