Mt. Hood Snowboarder Dies After 40 Foot Fall

by The Editors on March 24, 2010

Portland, Oregon snowboarder Levi Krukowski, 19, was found dead at the base of a 40 foot cliff at Mt. Hood Meadows on Monday, March 22, 2010. He had been reported missing an hour early according to a story in the Salem News.

“He had been with friends when he went missing near an area marked as a hazard. The hazard area was marked with a rope. . . “The Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Patrol located Levi rukowski’s body in a creek near the bottom of a waterfall. The creek was within the hazard area and required crossing the rope boundary to access.

His death is being investigated as an accident, according to the story, and an autopsy is scheduled for today. Our thoughts are with Levi’s family and friends.

[Link: Salem News]

his brother March 24, 2010 at 10:57 am

he was 18

Estes March 24, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Tragic and sad….my condolences to the family.

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