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Milford man dies in skiing accident


By Telegraph Staff

Published: Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2005

A Milford man was killed Monday in a skiing accident in northeast
Vermont, according to police.

Nathaniel Keith, 24, was skiing on the East Bowl trail at Burke
Mountain Ski Area when he hit a tree, according to Vermont State
Police.

Keith was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one saw the late-afternoon accident, Burke Mountain general manager
Dick Andross told the Caledonian-Record newspaper.

The ski patrol and Lyndon Rescue Ambulance Service responded to the
scene, according to Andross.

Vermont State Police Sgt. Fred Cornell could not provide any details
about how Keith was found, citing an ongoing criminal investigation. A
criminal investigation is a routine procedure after an unattended
death, he said.

Detective Sgt. Tim Clouatre is heading the investigation, Cornell said.

The death is the fourth on Vermont slopes this year.

New Hampshire has suffered one fatal skiing accident this season.

Former Wilton legislator Hal Melcher fell on a narrow cross trail at
Crotched Mountain Ski Area on Feb. 19. Melcher, 83, died two days
later.