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Woman given 5% chance of survival after skiing accident returns to slopes

2025-02-14 524 Dailymotion

A young woman almost killed in an horrific skiing accident has returned to the slopes for the first time after making a miraculous recovery.

Olivia Corbiere, 23, suffered a brain bleed, lung damage, a broken pelvis and three fractured vertebrae when she fell 15ft (4.5m) down a ravine in Bansko, Bulgaria, last year.

Doctors told Olivia's parents Linzi Corbiere, 47, and Sebastien Corbiere, 51, that she had just a five per cent chance of survival and might never talk again if she did.

But after spending six weeks in hospital in both Bulgaria and England, Olivia was able to return to her home in Aston, near Rotherham, South Yorks.

Nearly a year after the accident, Olivia has returned to the resort and even did a black run - a slope that is extremely difficult and is only suitable for advanced skiers - with her dad Sebastien.