CASPER, Wyo. — The manager for Hogadon Ski Area says none of the three people involved in a Christmas Eve skiing collision that killed two of them was wearing a helmet.
Officials say a 22-year-old man was snowboarding at a high speed Friday afternoon when he collided with a 5-year-old girl and her mother who were stopped in the middle of the black diamond Dreadnaught run, which is rated difficult. The man and girl died.
Ski area manager Gary Vantrease said Sunday the girl’s mother was hospitalized in critical condition. No names were immediately released.
Vantrease says no one was wearing a helmet, and witnesses said they didn’t see the snowboarder try to slow down.
The ski area was closed for Christmas but reopened Sunday.
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CASPER, Wyo. — Authorities say two people have died and one is injured after a man on a snowboard collided with a woman and her daughter on skis at a Wyoming ski area.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports that the 22-year-old man and the 5-year-old girl were pronounced dead at a Casper hospital after the collision Friday at the Hogadon Ski Area. The mother has been hospitalized but her condition and injuries weren’t available.
No names have been released.
Natrona County sheriff’s Lt. Mark Sellers says the mother and girl were stopped on a ski run when the snowboarder collided with them.
The ski area was closed Saturday for Christmas. A telephone message left by The Associated Press wasn’t immediately returned.
Information from: Casper Star-Tribune – Casper, http://www.trib.com
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