British teacher dies in 650ft ski crash in Val D’Isere

He is the second British skier to die in Val D’Isere in recent days. Last week
22-year-old Thomas Lynch, from Leicestershire, was skiing with friends when
he crashed into a snow-making cannon on the piste.

The latest accident happened at 11.30am on Wednesday in good conditions. The
group had been off-piste skiing in the Rocher Du Charvet sector.

A rescue spokesman said: “The group was skiing a very well-known, classical
off-piste route where you need to have a good technical level of skiing.

“The man went to make a turn but he had a problem and fell down a series of
cliffs. He fell down the first cliff about 20 metres and he kept falling. In
total he fell 200 metres.

“The accident is being investigated but we think it was a technical fault
rather than an avalanche.

“Personnel from the ski station saw what happened and called the rescuers. But
he was already dead when the doctor reached him.”

Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey (Alamy)

A spokeswoman for Charterhouse said: “The School learnt yesterday (28 March)
that one of its teachers, Ed How, had been killed in a skiing accident while
on holiday with his family. Ed was 37, married with a baby. He was very
popular, and an outstanding and highly respected teacher (Chemistry) and
sportsman. This is a great shock to the School and our thoughts and prayers
are with Ed’s family.”

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