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A seven-year-old boy who fell down a cliff to his death after getting lost while on a family skiing holiday in the French Alps has been named as Carwyn Scott-Howell from Powys.A seven-year-old boy who fell down a cliff to his death after getting lost while on a family skiing holiday in the French Alps has been named as Carwyn Scott-Howell from Powys.
French police said the child fell after leaving the piste in Flaine, 38 miles north-west of Chamonix, on Friday. It was unclear how he came to be alone on the slopes.French police said the child fell after leaving the piste in Flaine, 38 miles north-west of Chamonix, on Friday. It was unclear how he came to be alone on the slopes.
Some reports said he had asked to ski alone on the final run of the day and set off in the wrong direction. Others said he had lost his parents.Some reports said he had asked to ski alone on the final run of the day and set off in the wrong direction. Others said he had lost his parents.
The family, from the village of Talybont-on-Usk, near Brecon, runs a small farm and rents out holiday cottages.The family, from the village of Talybont-on-Usk, near Brecon, runs a small farm and rents out holiday cottages.
Scott-Howell was reported missing at 16.30 local time (1530 BST) and his body was found at the bottom of the cliff at 19.00 after a helicopter search.Scott-Howell was reported missing at 16.30 local time (1530 BST) and his body was found at the bottom of the cliff at 19.00 after a helicopter search.
Michael Ollagnon, the police chief in the nearby town of Bonneville, told the BBC: “It seems as if the boy did the last piste descent of the day on his own after asking his parents’ permission. He appears to have become lost before falling over the edge of the cliff after taking his skis off.”Michael Ollagnon, the police chief in the nearby town of Bonneville, told the BBC: “It seems as if the boy did the last piste descent of the day on his own after asking his parents’ permission. He appears to have become lost before falling over the edge of the cliff after taking his skis off.”
Patrick Poirot, the head of the mountain rescue division in the town of Annecy, told the Daily Mirror: “Specialists are at the scene to try and determine exactly what happened and understand every element led to this tragedy.Patrick Poirot, the head of the mountain rescue division in the town of Annecy, told the Daily Mirror: “Specialists are at the scene to try and determine exactly what happened and understand every element led to this tragedy.
“Hypothetically we think that after losing his parents the little boy didn’t know where to go and skied in the wrong direction. He’s just seven years old. He left the marked ski slope and probably skied to the top of a cliff. He then stopped, removed his skis, walked a little way and then fell.”“Hypothetically we think that after losing his parents the little boy didn’t know where to go and skied in the wrong direction. He’s just seven years old. He left the marked ski slope and probably skied to the top of a cliff. He then stopped, removed his skis, walked a little way and then fell.”
Liam Fitzpatrick, independent councillor for Talybont-on-Usk who knew the family, told the BBC the community was in shock at the news.
“It’s an incredible shock for the community and you just can’t imagine how the family are feeling at this moment in time,” he said.
“All I can say on behalf of the community is our deepest sorrows and our deepest condolences, but I think the family know this is a tight-knit community and we will do absolutely everything to assist them at this time.”
He was found far from the piste in what was described as a ‘dangerous, out-of-bounds area’ by emergency services, who said rescuers had to be winched down from a helicopter to retrieve the body.
Resort boss Sylvain Philippe, director of the Societe du Domaine Skiable de Flaine, said: ‘The whole resort has been affected by the death of this young boy. We are thinking above all of his family.
‘An enquiry into his death has started to find out the exact circumstances of what happened.”
The Foreign Office said: “We can confirm the death of a British national in Flaine, France, on 10 April.The Foreign Office said: “We can confirm the death of a British national in Flaine, France, on 10 April.