A 30-year-old snowboarder has died at Australia’s Mt. Hotham Resort after apparently “smashing into a tree” on Sunday, July 22, 2012, according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald.
A police spokesman said that the accident happened in Hotham Heights area at about 2.40pm. . . The area is popular with snowboarding and ski enthusiasts. . . The man is believed to have died before ambulance crews arrived at the scene.
Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends.
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/no-helmet-snowboarder-killed-in-hotham-crash-20120725-22p99.html
Apparently he was not wearing a helmet. A sad story and my condolences to the man’s family and friends.
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