SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — A skier died after they misplaced management and crashed right into a padded gentle pole at Keystone Resort Tuesday afternoon.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned its particular operations technicians, who additionally function deputy coroners, had been known as out to the resort round 4 p.m.
In response to the sheriff’s workplace, a skier, who was solely recognized as a male from the Entrance Vary, was coming down the Haywood path at a excessive pace when he misplaced management, veered off the path and crashed right into a padded gentle pole. The Keystone Ski Patrol responded and offered life-saving measures to the skier earlier than he was taken to the Keystone Medical Heart and pronounced lifeless.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the skier was carrying a helmet and was the one one concerned within the incident. Foul play and intoxication aren’t suspected.
Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons issued his condolences, saying in a press release, “Our hearts exit to the household and buddies affected by this tragic loss.”
The Summit County Coroner’s Workplace will launch the skier’s identification at a later time.
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