"The investigation into the causes and consequences of the
December 29 skiing accident of Michael Schumacher ... has been
closed on February 12," Albertville prosecutor Patrick Quincy said
in a statement.
"No person has been found guilty of any violation."
Schumacher, 45, has undergone two operations since sustaining brain
injuries after hitting his head on a rock while skiing off-piste in
the French Alps resort of Meribel.
The seven times world champion was in a stable but critical
condition until late January and doctors in the Grenoble hospital
have started waking him up progressively by lowering his sedation.
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The investigators tried to determine if any third party was
responsible for his accident and if Schumacher was aware that he was
skiing beyond the marked-out zone.
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"Signaling, demarcation and information given on the limits of the
piste were in line with the French standards," the prosecutor said.
Schumacher, who quit the sport in 2012 after a disappointing
three-year comeback with Mercedes following an earlier retirement
from Ferrari at the end of 2006, won a record 91 grands prix.
(Reporting by Gregory Blachier; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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