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French slope in Schumacher ski accident properly marked out: inquest

(Reuters) – The French mountain slope on which former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher had a skiing accident had been prepared according to national standards, the local prosecutor told a news conference on Wednesday.

A general view shows slopes and a off-piste area with rocks in the ski resort of Meribel, French Alps
A general view shows the slopes ‘Chamois’ (R) and ‘Biche’ (L), and a off-piste area with rocks (C) where seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is supposed to have been injured in a skiing accident in the ski resort of Meribel, French Alps, January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

“There are French standards setting rules on safety, signaling, demarcation … The checks we have made show these standards had been respected,” prosecutor Patrick Quincy said, presenting results of a police investigation into a December 29 fall that left Schumacher with serious brain damage.

(Reporting by Nicholas Vinocur; writing by Mark John)

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