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Summit County Sheriff's Office

Posted on: December 22, 2018

[ARCHIVED] Skier Death at Keystone Resort

On December 22, 2018 at approximately 12:26 p.m. the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a fifty-two year old male skier that was found unconscious and not breathing at the bottom of a ski run at the Keystone Resort.

OFFICE OF THE SUMMIT COUNTY

SHERIFF


                                      




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Date:  December 22, 2018

Contact: Erin Opsahl

(970) 423-8901

Erin.Opsahl@SummitCountyCO.Gov


SKIER DEATH AT KEYSTONE RESORT


    SUMMIT COUNTY, CO – On December 22, 2018 at approximately 12:26 p.m. the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a fifty-two year old male skier that was found unconscious and not breathing at the bottom of a ski run at the Keystone Resort. There was no indication that the skier had a collision with any object. Skiers on the run had begun CPR. The skier was transported to the Keystone Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. The identity of the skier is being withheld until notification to the next of kin has been made by the Summit County Coroner. The Summit County Coroner has taken over the investigation into the cause of death. 


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