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broken bike.jpgBritish mountain biker accidentally shot dead by hunter in French Alps
A British mountain biker has been accidentally shot dead by a hunter in the French Alps, reports the Dauphiné Libéré.
The fatal shooting happened at around 6pm yesterday evening in the commune of Montrion in Haute Savoie, close to the Swiss border.
The victim, aged 34, ran a restaurant in the commune of Gets, near Morzine. A post mortem will be performed in the coming week.
He had been descending a path on the edge of a wood when he was shot, but according to state prosecutor Philippe Toccanier, would have been “perfectly visible.”
The fatal shot was fired by a 22-year-old male who had been taking part in a game shoot organised by a local hunting club.
The hunter was hospitalised in a state of shock, while an investigation has been opened into suspected aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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