英国滑雪运动员一头栽进雪中窒息而死

British snowboarder suffocates in snow in French Alps
英国滑雪运动员一头栽进雪中窒息而死

A British snowboarder has suffocated after falling into a snow-drift in the French Alps, authorities there say.
地方当局声称，一名英国滑雪运动员在法国阿尔卑斯山脉一处雪场坠落后窒息身亡。

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The 25-year-old man, who has not been named, was discovered buried head-first in an off-piste area near the Meribel ski resort in France on Wednesday.
周三，在法国梅瑞贝尔滑雪胜地附近的一处非滑雪区，这名未被披露名字的25岁男子被发现头朝下栽在雪中。

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He was uncovered after two skiers alerted emergency services to a snowboard sticking out of the snow about 20 metres (66ft) from the piste.
有两名滑雪者向紧急救援机构报警称，在离滑雪道20米处的雪地上冒出一个滑雪板。随后，这名英国男子遗体被发现。

Hanno Douschan and Markus Schairer of Austria compete during the men’s snowboard cross event. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

The Foreign Office said it was giving support to the dead man's family.
英国外交部表示，将给死者家属提供支持。

Foreign Office staff are also in contact with police in the UK and France, as well as a tour operator, about the incident, a spokesman said.
一位发言人说，外交部工作人员也就此事同英国警方、法国警方和旅游公司取得了联系。

French rescuers said the man, who was a seasonal worker at the resort in south-eastern France, had suffered cardiac arrest when he was found.
法国救援人员声称，这名男子是法国东南部度假胜地的一名季节性工人，被发现时已心跳停止。

An Alps Mountain Rescue spokesman said the man could have been buried for up to half an hour, adding: "He was buried up to his pelvis and the snow was very heavy, very compacted."
阿尔卑斯山救援队的一位发言人说，该男子可能已经被埋了半个多小时。他补充说:“大雪埋到了他的骨盆部位。积雪很重，也非常密实。”

The incident follows the death of a British skier in an off-piste area of the Alpe d'Huez, who fell from a cliff near the French Alps resort in February.
此前2月份，一名英国滑雪者从法国阿尔卑斯山度假胜地附近的一处悬崖坠落，在拉普德兹(Alpe d’huez)附近的一处非滑雪区死亡。

Last January, British skiers Oscar Cassagneau-Francis and Rajen Mahendra, both 26, died after falling hundreds of metres in an off-piste area of the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc region.
2017年1月，英国两名26岁的滑雪运动员Oscar Cassagneau-Francis和Rajen Mahendra在夏蒙尼勃朗峰（Chamonix-Mont-Blanc）一处非滑雪区坠落数百米后死亡。

French authorities are investigating the incident and an inquest has been opened in the nearby town of Albertville.
法国当局正对此事展开调查。一项针对这名英国滑雪运动员死因的讯问已在附近的阿尔贝维尔镇（Albertville）进行。（殷聪）

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