Boy, 11, dies in US skiing accident

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Benjamin Trichler, from Uffington in Oxfordshire, was seen skiing too fast before hitting the tree as he went down a blue, intermediate run at the Breckenridge Resort in Colorado.

A statement released by the coroner's office in Colorado said his death was accidental and caused by a "closed head injury".

The coroner said Benjamin had been wearing a helmet but that it was not one approved for skiing.

The 11-year-old had been on holiday with his family over Christmas, starting off in the Denver area on December 21 and then moving to Breckenridge Ski Resort on December 30.

An emergency ski patrol was called to the resort on Thursday morning after the accident and the boy was given life support and taken to Breckenridge Medical Centre.

But paramedics could not save him and he was pronounced dead.

Resort spokeswoman Nicky DeFord said that no-one else was involved in the incident, which occurred in clear weather.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that it had no details of the incident.

Breckenridge, in the Colorado Rockies, was originally founded in 1859 as a gold mining town but is now regarded as a world-class ski resort.