AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2005
Vic: Man dies in skiing fall
MELBOURNE, Aug 23 AAP - A 36-year-old NSW man died today when he slammed into trees
on a run meant for expert skiers at Victoria's Mt Hotham.
Police believe the man fell on an advanced "black" level ski slope off Spargo's Run
at about 11.40am (AEST).
A police spokesman said it appeared the man's legs hit a tree at the bottom of the slope.
His head then struck a second tree and he rolled over an embankment into a creek.
Friends tried to assist, but the man he died at the scene.
His identity is yet to be released.
The death is the second in a fortnight in the Victoria's alps, after a 12-year-old
South Australian boy was killed after skiing into a tree at Falls Creek on August 13.
The Alpine Resort Management Board would not comment when contacted today.
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KEYWORD: SKIER
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