British woman dies after rafting incident in French Alps

The woman fell from her raft in Briancon and was later found on a riverbank in a serious condition.

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The woman fell from her raft shortly after noon local time (11:00 BST) on Saturday on the Guisane river in Briançon, in south-eastern France, the regional prosecutor Marion Lozac'hmeur told French news agency AFP.

She was later found on the riverbank before being airlifted to a nearby hospital in a serious condition, firefighters told local media.

Lozac'hmeur said the victim "unfortunately died yesterday evening". The Foreign Office confirmed a British woman had died in France, and said it was in touch with the local authorities.

The woman had been part of an organised trip on the river and was traversing a section of the river known as "the wallet" when she fell, according to local news outlet Le Dauphine.