Marvel star Gaspard Ulliel would have died even with helmet on after fall, investigators say
21.01.2022 - 21:23
/ ok.co.uk
The late French actor Gaspard Ulliel — who died on Wednesday after an accidental collision while skiing — suffered a severe a blow to the head which he most likely would have still died from if he had been wearing a helmet, an investigator has said. Investigators concluded that Gaspard, who was not wearing a helmet when he crashed into another skier, hit his head on the ground whilst still moving at full speed, causing his fatal head injury. Le Parisien reports that examiners believe the collision unbalanced the actor, causing him to fall.They added that he would have probably endured the same injuries and tragic outcome if he had been wearing headgear.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page. Gaspard experienced significant head trauma as a result of slamming to the ground — which one expert likened to riding a bicycle into a wall at 40km per hour — and was immediately airlifted to hospital in Grenoble, where he died the day after.
“On January 18, 2022, at 4 pm, in Montvalezan, on the ski area of the resort of La Rosière in the Haute Tarentaise Massif, Mr. Ulliel collided with another skier on the top of the blue run called Tetras,” Albertville prosecutor Anne Gaches confirmed in a statement. “He had just branched off to the left, presumably to join his friends who were on the Gellinotte run.
“It appears from the first testimonies and the observations made on the spot that the two skiers both fell to the ground. 'When help arrived, Mr. Gaspard Ulliel was motionless, unconscious in the snow.The other skier was unharmed.” The Lithuanian skier Gaspard crashed into did to not suffer serious injuries from the
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