On March 13, 2019 at approximately 4:45 p.m. the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a sixty-three year old male skier that was found unconscious in the trees on the edge of a ski run at Copper Mountain.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: March 14, 2019
Contact: Erin Opsahl
(970) 423-8901
Erin.Opsahl@SummitCountyCO.Gov
SHERIFF INVESTIGATES SKIER DEATH AT COPPER MOUNTAIN
SUMMIT COUNTY, CO – On March 13, 2019 at approximately 4:45 p.m. the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a sixty-three year old male skier that was found unconscious in the trees on the edge of a ski run at Copper Mountain. The victim was transported to St. Anthony Copper Medical Clinic where he was later pronounced deceased. 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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