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ski death after man hits tree at Burke Mt.
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. |
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Was he wearing a helmet?
wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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AH wrote:
Was he wearing a helmet? Why? Will it bring him back? A helmet will not stop your neck from breaking upon impact. |
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Schmoe wrote:
AH wrote: Was he wearing a helmet? Why? Will it bring him back? A helmet will not stop your neck from breaking upon impact. Ever since Bono & Kennedy hit their trees, news articles almost always mention whether or not the victim was wearing a helmet. How relevant it is to the story depends on your point of view. |
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TexasSkiNut wrote:
Ever since Bono & Kennedy hit their trees, news articles almost always mention whether or not the victim was wearing a helmet. How relevant it is to the story depends on your point of view. And to follow on with my pet peeve... Here in Colorado there is always mention of the helmet. What I really want to know after reading about the helmet is "would it have helped"? When I think of the worse thing I could do to myself on the slopes, I think of wrapping myself around a tree. I fail to see how a helmet is going to be of ANY help there. I don't see how a helmet is going to protect my vital organs within my torso. Related to the article, what happens that causes skiers (or boarders) to hit trees resulting in death? Are people going way too fast on the very edge of the trail and either catch an edge, or hit a patch of ice, and into the tree they go? Sam "Is it ever going to snow in centeral Colorado again?" Seiber |
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Sam Seiber wrote:
Related to the article, what happens that causes skiers (or boarders) to hit trees resulting in death? Are people going way too fast on the very edge of the trail and either catch an edge, or hit a patch of ice, and into the tree they go? Depends on if they are skiing at Keystone or not. If Keystone, then ice is the likely culprit, or so I am inclined to believe. ---------------------- Chester Bullock, Colorado Mountain Cams, Snow Conditions, Opinionated Reports http://www.black-diamond.com AIM: tenxible YahooIM: ccb247 |
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Chester Bullock wrote:
Depends on if they are skiing at Keystone or not. If Keystone, then ice is the likely culprit, or so I am inclined to believe. Yeppers. Everytime I hear of someone hitting a tree at the Ice Palace (Keystone), I think the same thing. Now if someone can 'splain how it happens elsewhere, that would be nice. Sam "Dodgin' the trees" Seiber |
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Schmoe wrote:
AH wrote: Was he wearing a helmet? Why? Will it bring him back? A helmet will not stop your neck from breaking upon impact. If it's too heavy or the wrong shape/size it may even facilitate the break. -- Cheers, Bev oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooo "I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves." -- Emo Philips |
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Sam Seiber wrote:
Related to the article, what happens that causes skiers (or boarders) to hit trees resulting in death? Are people going way too fast on the very edge of the trail and either catch an edge, or hit a patch of ice, and into the tree they go? Most tree-related deaths I've heard of involve skiers losing control and hitting a tree. Ice is sometimes mentioned as a contributing factor, but bottom line is failure to control speed and/or skis. Occasionally it happens to an expert, like at Sun Valley in 1997 when a local racer supposedly caught an edge while free-skiing. It was near the bottom of Lower Greyhawk where the trail goes through the trees back to the lift. I was there the week after and everybody was still pretty shook up about it. I had heard that in Bono's case, he may have been trying to shoot through a shallow tree well and lost it. Helmet wouldn't have helped his neck. |
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On 3 Mar 2005 07:16:32 -0800, "TexasSkiNut"
wrote: Schmoe wrote: AH wrote: Was he wearing a helmet? Why? Will it bring him back? A helmet will not stop your neck from breaking upon impact. Ever since Bono & Kennedy hit their trees, news articles almost always mention whether or not the victim was wearing a helmet. How relevant it is to the story depends on your point of view. Or on the injury. Skull fracture, it might be; abdominal impalement, probably not. (Depending on what the impaling object was...) bw |
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