De La Salle Alpine accident victims recovering in UK

Tuesday 07 March 2017

Two De La Salle teachers who were involved in a serious car accident while on half-term holiday in the French Alps have been transferred to the UK where they will continue their recovery, Express has learned.

The two members of staff – thought to be aged between 25 and 30, who have not been named – had been waiting near a bus stop at around 21:00 local time in the La Clusaz ski resort in Haute Savoie.

It's then alleged that a motorist hit them at high speed and then left the scene.

The pair were subsequently taken to Annecy Hospital to be treated for multiple injuries and broken bones, with the woman later transferred to Grenoble.

Pictured: La Clusaz, the Alpine skiing resort in which the hit-and-run occurred. (Image: Google Maps/Bailiwick Express)

Both members of staff have since moved to the UK where treatment will continue.

Tim Silvester, Assistant Headteacher at De La Salle, told Express:

“Both members have staff have completed their hospital recovery phase in France following the road traffic incident.

“They were transferred to the UK to be nearer their families.

“They will continue to recover in hospital once they are back in the UK.”

Police arrested a man in his 30s after identifying his vehicle from debris at the scene of the collision.

The man – a resident of Aravis, the local mountain range – later appeared in Court for causing involuntary harm, and was remanded on strict bail conditions.