A 20-year-old resident of Bossòst, in the Val d’Aran (Lleida), died on Monday afternoon in Vielha hospital as a result of the accident he suffered while skiing at the Baqueira Beret station.

“We regret to inform you that an accident occurred early this afternoon in the Snowpark in the Beret area of ??our resort,” the ski resort said.

“Given the severity of the injuries, our runway rescue team has activated his helicopter evacuation from Pompiers d’Aran to the Vielha Hospital, where he died,” the company said in the statement in which it gave its “deepest condolences.” condolences to his family and friends.”

The young man fractured several vertebrae and the neck area, according to the newspaper Segre. His death has shocked the residents of Bossòst. “We are dismayed in the town,” a neighbor said this Tuesday.