Boy, 11, dies in US skiing accident

An 11-year-old British boy has died after crashing into a tree during a family skiing trip to the US.

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".

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