Awful news has come out of Val Thorens that history student and qualified snowboard instructor Matt Smith has passed away while on the annual Oxford-Cambridge Varsity trip in the French Alps.
The 22 year old Oxford student attended St John’s College, and was found unconscious in his chalet room on Sunday morning.
His friends were unable to wake him and ambulance staff were unable to revive Matt, who the Daily Telegraph report: “is said to have suffered a cardiac arrest.”
Matt’s father Howard Smith, who was once a student at the same college, told the Telegraph: “We are very shocked but we are so proud of Matt and thankful for the 21 years we had with him.