British woman dies in south of France river crash
Police are investigating after a British woman died during a boat crash on the Rhone River in the south of France.
The woman, who is understood to be Jess Wilkes, 27, was on a free boat shuttle service from the river island of Barthelasse, returning to Pont d’Avignon, when the accident happened.
According to reports, she had spent the evening at a restaurant with eight friends and was returning when the boat struck a beacon, throwing her overboard.
Five other people, including one Briton, were taken to hospital after the collision, two of them with serious injuries.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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