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A British woman was killed on a tour of white water in the French Alps.
On Saturday, the woman fell from the raft immediately after noon local time (11:00 BST) on the Gissan River in Brinkon, southeast of France, regional prosecutor Marion Lozakhmer said.
Later, she was found on the river before being transported to a nearby hospital in a serious condition, local media were told.
Lozac’hmeur said the victim, unfortunately, died last night. “
Foreign service confirmed that the British woman had died in France and said she maintained a connection with the local authorities.
The woman participated on an organized trip along the river and took place a section of the river known as a “wallet” when she fell, according to the local Le Daufine news output.
It was not named in the local media or the French authorities and the UK.
The “involuntary murder” was opened and the exposing will be carried out, Lozac’hmeur said.
Last year, a British man died after he had difficulty on the Drin River, which also passes through Brianan.
In June 2024, he participated in a kayak group after a period of heavy snow melting up on the current, the local newspaper Le Daufine reported. Two others were rescued intact.
Both Gissan and fools are popular white water alloy rivers that feed on glaciers and snow melting.
They have sections of sophisticated thresholds, but usually they ship only two -three months in early summer, according to the official Briancon website.
