British woman dies after rafting incident in French Alps
The woman fell from her raft shortly after noon local time (11:00 BST) on Saturday on the Guisane river in Briancon, 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.
She has not been named, either in local media or by authorities in France or the UK.
An "involuntary manslaughter" investigation had been opened and an autopsy will be conducted, Lozac'hmeur also said.
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