{"id":149688,"date":"2022-01-16T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=149688"},"modified":"2022-01-16T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:17:02","slug":"brit-girl-5-killed-by-skier-who-smashed-into-her-at-high-speed-while-on-ski-trip-in-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/brit-girl-5-killed-by-skier-who-smashed-into-her-at-high-speed-while-on-ski-trip-in-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit girl, 5, killed by skier who smashed into her at high speed while on ski trip in Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl has been killed when an adult skier crashed into her at high speed while she was on a ski trip in the Alps.<\/p>\n
The child was in a lesson on the slopes when a man is said to have smashed into her – sparking a police investigation. <\/p>\n
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The girl was airlifted to hospital, but tragically died before she arrived while still in the helicopter. <\/p>\n
It is understood the family are Brits who live in Geneva and have second home in Les Carroz, a family ski resort in France. <\/p>\n
Last night a 40-year-old local man was in police custody and an investigation was opened for manslaughter.<\/p>\n
The horrific accident happened yesterday morning at around 11am in the ski resort of Flaine. <\/p>\n
The girl was on the Serpentine ski run which is classified as "blue", meaning an easy slope.<\/p>\n
She was in a group ski lesson run by the national ski school, Ecole du Ski Fran\u00e7ais (ESF), with four other children. <\/p>\n
The children were in single file behind the instructor near the edge of the piste.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor overseeing the investigation said: "The child was in a single file behind the group and was about to make a right turn when she was very violently hit by the skier arriving at high speed who tried in vain to avoid her."<\/p>\n