A 20-year-old snowboarder died Sunday, March 27, 2011 in an avalanche out of bounds near Stevens Pass in Washington, according to a story in the Seattle PI.
“The victim and three friends were snowboarding when the man went down the hill in a slightly different direction than the others and was hit from behind by an avalanche and carried into a tree,” King County Sgt. John Urquhart said in a statement. “The three other men were not injured and managed to dig the victim out. He suffered injuries from hitting the tree and was not breathing.”
The name of the snowboarder has not been released. He is the 18th snowboard death in North America since December 20, 2010. Our thought are with the snowboarders family and friends. We’ve been saying this too much this year, but it’s still true.
[Update March 28, 2011: Authorities have released the name of the snowboarder who died in the avalanche. Riley McCarthy, 20, of Tukwila, Washington. He was a sophomore at the University of Washington, according to the Seattle PI]
[Link: Seattle PI]
The whole story of what went down is here: http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=7392
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