Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died at the age of 25 after a pre-season training crash in Chile last weekend, the country’s winter sports federation has said.
The Italian winter sports federation (FISI) said he was placed in a medically-induced coma after colliding with fencing at the La Parva track and suffering a major head injury. He crashed through two layers of safety fencing and hit another barrier outside the course, and was immediately taken to intensive care in Santiago by helicopter.
