I traveled to Cortina d'Ampezzo, an Italian ski town with luxury fashion, Michelin-starred restaurants, and celebrity spottings.
A British teenager has died on a family holiday to Italy after losing control and hitting a tree. The 14-year-old boy lost balance and veered off a red run in Cortina d’Ampezzo, an exclusive skiing resort in northern Italy, before colliding with the tree and suffering serious chest injuries.
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A 14-year-old boy from Bristol has been killed in a skiing accident in northern Italy. The boy, who hasn’t yet been named, was skiing in the resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Italian Alps when he left an intermediate red run and hit a tree.