Skier dies after fall at Copper Mountain
12:36 PM, Jan 21, 2012 |
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SUMMIT COUNTY - A Texas man died on Friday after being injured in a fall at Copper Mountain earlier this month.
A witness told authorities 51-year-old Donald Hinckley of Austin, Texas, was headed down the Far East Run at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 14 when he collapsed and hit his head on a snow-covered stump. Joanne Richardson, the Summit County coroner, says Hinckley was wearing a helmet and was not going fast when he fell.
Richardson says Hinckley went into cardiac arrest after the fall. He was flown to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood with a traumatic brain injury and a broken neck. He died late Friday night.
12:36 PM, Jan 21, 2012 |
News
SUMMIT COUNTY - A Texas man died on Friday after being injured in a fall at Copper Mountain earlier this month.
A witness told authorities 51-year-old Donald Hinckley of Austin, Texas, was headed down the Far East Run at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 14 when he collapsed and hit his head on a snow-covered stump. Joanne Richardson, the Summit County coroner, says Hinckley was wearing a helmet and was not going fast when he fell.
Richardson says Hinckley went into cardiac arrest after the fall. He was flown to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood with a traumatic brain injury and a broken neck. He died late Friday night.
