"On Monday, February 23, Pierre Denambride, the 51-year-old head of slope safety at Flaine in Haute-Savoie, France, was killed while working on the mountain. One day later, on Tuesday night, a 41-year-old resort worker died in a separate quad accident in Flims, Switzerland, part of the Flims Laax ski area. The back-to-back tragedies have drawn attention to the use of quad bikes-often fitted with tracks or crawler systems-by ski patrol, slope safety teams, and mountain operations staff across Europe and North America."
"According to resort officials from Grand Massif Domaines Skiables, Denambride had gone out late in the day to check a piste marker just before the slopes closed. While riding a tracked quad on a run, he fell into a hole and became trapped beneath the machine. He was alone when the accident happened and there were no eyewitnesses. Fellow slope workers discovered him during closing sweeps of the ski area."
Two deadly quad bike accidents occurred in European ski resorts within 24 hours, killing experienced resort workers. Pierre Denambride, 51-year-old head of slope safety at Flaine in France, died after falling into a hole while riding a tracked quad and becoming trapped beneath the machine. The following day, a 41-year-old resort worker died in a separate quad accident at Flims Laax in Switzerland. Both victims were working for their respective resorts when the accidents occurred. These back-to-back tragedies have sparked renewed attention to the risks associated with quad bikes used by ski patrol, slope safety teams, and mountain operations staff across Europe and North America. Investigations are underway to determine the precise circumstances of both incidents.
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