BREAKING NEWS British woman in her 60s dies while white water rafting in the French Alps
The tragedy happened shortly after noon on Saturday on the Guisane river in the commune of Briancon, in the southeast of the country, said Gap prosecutor Marion Lozac'hmeur.
According to the firefighting service, the woman fell from her raft and was later 'found on the riverbank' before she was urgently evacuated to Briancon hospital.
Born in 1956 and of British nationality, the victim 'was evacuated to hospital in a very serious condition and unfortunately died yesterday evening, Lozac'hmeur added.
An autopsy will be conducted, the prosecutor said.
A Foreign Office spokesperson told MailOnline: 'We are in touch with local authorities following the death of a British woman in France'.
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