A British teenager has drowned in a swimming pool at a French ski resort, with the circumstances of her death remaining unclear. Lucy Sallis, 19, from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, became trapped under a pool cover after plunging into the water in Alpe d'Huez, according to reports.
She is believed to have been drinking with friends before they decided to scale a high fence and go for a swim in the heated municipal pool. Local police confirmed that a woman had drowned, but the exact sequence of events leading to her death has not been fully established.
Friends reportedly searched for Sallis under a protective sheet covering part of the pool, where they found her body. Despite attempts to revive her, she could not be saved. She was working in the kitchen at the Belle Aurore hotel in the French Alps resort.
Tributes have been paid on social media, with one friend describing her as 'the most perfect girl'. Another wrote: 'Rest in peace beautiful Lucy Sallis. She was such a beautiful girl, praying for my best friend and her family right now! xxxxx.'
