Death of Gaspard Ulliel: "The two skiers touched each other well", but in a mild collision

What happened at the crossroads of the Tetras and Gellinotte blue slopes of the La Rosière ski area (Savoie) for the actor Gaspard Ulliel to die at the age of 37?

This is what investigators from the CRS Alpes d'Albertville are trying to understand by hearing the skier who collided with the actor last Tuesday.

This Lithuanian in his forties was heard as a witness on Thursday, announces France Bleu Pays de Savoie.

During an interview lasting more than an hour, the investigators discovered that "the two skiers touched each other well", but in a collision that was not very violent.

Gaspard Ulliel's head would have hit the ground.

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"It's as if you were on a bicycle and you take a wall without braking at 30 or 40 km / h", explains an expert on local radio.

Still according to this media, the Lithuanian was wearing a helmet but Gaspard Ulliel was not wearing one.

The Albertville district attorney confirmed that the actor was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, although, according to her, "it would not necessarily have made a difference".

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Other hearings are to take place in the coming days.

After the collision on Tuesday afternoon when he had just turned left, presumably to join his friends who were on another track, Gaspard Ulliel was found unconscious in the snow.

Victim of a head trauma, he was transported to the Grenoble University Hospital where he died on Wednesday.