Brit skier killed after plunging into stream in Swiss Alps | EUROtoday

A British man died after dropping management and falling right into a stream as he all of the sudden swerved off-piste within the Swiss Alps.

The 54-year-old fell whereas snowboarding on the 6,800-foot-high Kleine Scheidegg cross in Grindelwald on Friday morning.

He was on an authorised run when he veered astray and plunged right into a stream linked to the Rychenbach Falls – made well-known by author Arthur Conan Doyle because the dramatic setting the place fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lastly confronted his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.

Police stated he veered off the marked piste, fell into an adjoining stream and “remained lying there motionless”.

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The skier’s associates supplied first support and instantly alerted the emergency providers. He was taken to hospital in Rega, the place he died a short while later.

The circumstances of the accident are underneath investigation, regional prosecutors stated.

A Foreign Office spokesperson stated: “We are supporting the family of a British man who died in Switzerland.”

The Rychenbach Falls are marked by a plaque, stating: “At this fearful place, Sherlock Holmes vanquished Professor Moriarty, on 4 May 1891.

There had been 28 deadly accidents within the Swiss Alps final winter, the best variety of deaths in 5 years, in line with the mountain emergency statistics of the Swiss Alpine Club.

They stated off-piste snowboarding accounts for 85 per cent of deadly winter sports activities accidents.

In February, one other British skier was discovered useless on the backside of a cliff close to the Avoriaz ski resort within the French Alps.

The physique of the 23-year-old man was discovered on Monday on the backside of a cliff on high of which is constructed the Avoriaz ski resort close to the city of Morzine, within the Portes du Soleil area.