Death at Jackson Hole

I just read this(dunno if its the sam tho):

'Jackson Hole Daily

February 28 Story

Teen charged in ski death

By Jim Stanford

JACKSON HOLE DAILY

A 16-year-old Maryland snowboarder was charged with manslaughter Friday following a fatal collision at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

The teen, whose name was not released, was charged in the death of skier Heather Donahue, 28, of Massachusetts, who died Friday of head injuries.

Capt. Jim Whalen of the Teton County Sheriff's Office issued a press release that gave the following account of the incident:

The crash occurred just after 11 a.m. Thursday near the bottom of Laramie Bowl, an intermediate run on the upper part of Rendezvous Mountain.

The snowboarder descended the bowl at an extremely high rate of speed and hit Donahue, who was skiing slowly, witnesses said. He did not alter his direction to avoid Donahue, even though there was ample room to do so, witnesses said.

The force of the collision broke the snowboard in two and sent both people sliding up to 30 feet down the mountain. Donahue, who was not wearing a helmet, immediately lost consciousness.

Ski patrol responded and quickly transported Donahue to the Teton Village Clinic at the base of the resort. From there she was taken to St. John's Medical Center in Jackson; that night, she was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

Donahue suffered numerous internal injuries and a significant head injury, Whalen said. The snowboarder, who was wearing a helmet, had only minor injuries.

Donahue died at the Idaho hospital. A preliminary examination indicated she died of the head injury. An autopsy was to have been performed over the weekend, but results were unavailable.

After hearing of the woman's death, deputies arrested the teen. He was taken into custody for about two hours and released to an adult friend of the family who had accompanied him to Jackson. It is believed he returned to Maryland on Saturday and is with his family, Whalen said.

Manslaughter is a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in the state penitentiary. The snowboarder was charged under Section B of the statute for killing somebody 'involuntarily but recklessly.'

Sheriff's Sgt. Lloyd Funk said the snowboarder also was charged with reckless endangering, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. The statute prohibits engaging in 'conduct which places another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury.'

Wyoming law governing recreation stipulates that 'no person shall ski in a reckless disregard of his safety or the safety of others.' The snowboarder was not charged under this section of the law, which carries a misdemeanor penalty.

Funk said the county attorney will decide whether to prosecute the teen as an adult or juvenile.

Anna Olson, spokeswoman for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, said she and her staff was 'so shocked and saddened' by the incident. In her eight years there, the resort had not had a collision of this nature, she said.'

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DUDE I WAS ON THE LIFT WHEN THEY were giving that kid CPR it was some scary shit, he was about 70 feet past the landing, given he slide about 40 feet he still over shot the jump by a LONG way! Very sad to here he died

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Wear your helmets people... and not just when you think you MIGHT need it! It can happen on the greenest of slopes, and when you are least expecting it. I am always saddened when I hear about a death on the slopes, what a shame.

 
he landed on his chest. i dont think that a helmet is goin to protect his chest.

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wow thats a horrible story

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both are sad stories. damn reckless snowboarders

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^yeah..thats true...but why the fuck would anyone camp in the landing of jump then? stupid danish skier who where standing in the landing too...

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thats sad

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i was there a few days after it happened and heard he overshot by about 35 ft. the story that that kid posted about the 16 year old snowboarder who killed the 28 year old woman happened when i was there. my dad was riding up the sublett chair and saw it happen in the bowl below. he said it sounded like an explosion and was the most horrible thing hed seen. ski in control and be careful guys

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yeah thats sad, but thats why everyone should wear a helmet. who really cares about how they look when it actually could save your life , and now they have some sweet helmets too.

 
the story about the snowboarder hittin that skier is so tragic. she wasnt even putting herself in danger by skiing slowly and i bet that the snowboard kid had no clue how to snowboard anyway.

what exactly happened with this 14 year old kid though did he overshoot a jump and land in a way that killed him? anways thats also a really tragic story too

 
Thats terrible, sorry to hear that.

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horrible stories both. Im very sorry to hear what happened to your friend. Always ski smart and safe, its not worth losing your life over, not when there is so much more skiing you can do.

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i was eating lunch when i heard from my bud that some forum kid just died in the park.

the kid being charged with manslaughter hit the lady so fast that he broke his board in half.

sorry dood

 
fuck man both thoes stories suck. stupid boarder when your near green runs and on them take it easy you dont have as much time to react espeshal when the runs are packed, save the speed for when you out of the way and the only person you can hurt is your self.

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that sux a hole hell of a lot im sorry

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wow thats incredibly sad to hear, im really quite sorry.

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that's really sad to hear. even if he didn't land on his head, if anyone says that you can't get hurt while not wearing a helmet, your IQ is no higher that your boot size

 
on behalf on NS i think that we are all very sad to hear these stories and hope the families are alright........ my aunt is ski patrol at jackson and she has seen alot of deaths these past years, its too bad to hear this

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sorry to hear that

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dam that sucks. i guess its time to shine up yeold helmet.(although i wear one already i just wanted to say that)

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