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Severe collision on the Grands Montets

In addition to the fatal avalanche in Saint Nicolas de Véroce, the men of the high mountain gendarmerie (PGHM) of Chamonix had to intervene a dozen times yesterday, particularly for injuries on the slopes. The most serious took place on the Grands Montets in Chamonix, where a snowboarder and a woman in her thirties collided. The prognosis of this last one is engaged. She was evacuated to the hospital in Grenoble.

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