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British skier dies on piste

70 year old man suffers fatal heart attack

featured in News & reviews Author Robin Deering, Val d'Isere Editor Updated

Mid afternoon on the Bellevarde téléphérique in Val d'Isere on Monday, a British woman suffered a heart attack and died on the piste.

The 70 year old woman stepped of the lift at 2800 metres and complained of chest pains

Her accompanying group of friends quickly alerted the ski patrol as the woman's condition soon degraded, ski patrol arrived swiftly on the scene and a medical helicopter was called for.
Despite the first aid issued by the ski patrol the woman was declared dead by the time the medical team arrived with a defibrillator.