Kayleigh Harris, 23, fell off her board in 2016 and the skier crashed into her, cracking her helmet and breaking her goggles.
She was a hotel representative working at Les Menuires in the French Alps at the time, but on the day of the accident was taking a day off.
Head chef at the hotel, Sean Peters, told an inquest in Taunton, Somerset: ‘She said it all happened really quickly. The skier said sorry and skied off and did not help her.’
Kayleigh apparently said of him, ‘What a d**k,’ but told colleagues she ‘felt fine’ and didn’t require any medical treatment.
But later on March 30 she complained of a headache and had been sick, and took some paracetamol.
Sean and a night porter checked on her every two hours through the night, noting she was in a ‘deep sleep’.
Kayleigh Harris, on her 21st birthday, with her mother Suzi. Kayleigh, 23, died in a skiing accident in the French Alps. (Collect/PA Real Life)
Kayleigh pictured on her 21st birthday with her mum Suzanne, who is now 51 (Picture: PA)
The Harris family?s last photo of Kayleigh Harris, with her four sisters, left to right, Lauren, Paige, Jaide and Abbie before her life support was turned off after a fatal skiing accident. (Collect/PA Real Life)
The last photo taken of Kayleigh before her life support was turned off, with her four sisters – from left to right, Lauren, Paige, Jaide and Abbie (Picture: PA)
But by the next morning her breathing had become shallow and she was not conscious.
Kayleigh was flown to Grenoble University Hospital but had a heart attack in the ambulance. She died after being on life support for two days and her organs were donated to help save the lives of others.
A post-mortem in France said she suffered a significant blood clot in her skull but one back in England could not ascertain her cause of death, adding there was no fracture to her head.
The coroner was further told Kayleigh had collapsed and lost consciousness a number of times previously back at home in Somerset, but doctors had never figured out whether she had a cardio or neurological problem.
Kayleigh’s mum, Suzanne, 51, said: ‘No one acted in her best interests. I don’t want to blame anyone but there are so many holes.’
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