Wachusett Mountain skier dies after crashing into tree, another hurt in unrelated incident

PRINCETON – A skier was killed in a crash on Mount Wachusett on Monday, and another was seriously injured in a separate incident.

A spokesperson for the resort said the 67-year-old man collided with a tree at about 9:25 a.m. at Salamander Cutoff, an advanced trail. Massachusetts State Police said the skier was found to be “unresponsive to another skier who passed by.”

Wachusett co-owner Carolyn Crowley Stimpson told WBZ-TV that Ski Patrol did their best to save him.

“Patrols performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the spot and brought him to the base area where he was transported by ambulance,” Stimpson said.

He was later pronounced dead. His name has not yet been released. A state trooper detective assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the death.

This is the first death at Wachusett in the last 15 to 20 years, Stimpson said. “It’s just heartbreaking. It’s a really family atmosphere here, so we’re all falling apart,” she told WBZ.

“The entire Wachusett family mourns this tragic loss. All of our thoughts are with the skier’s family and friends,” Wachusett public relations manager Chris Stimpson said in a statement. I got

Upton skier Leo Corrado said he learned of the accident from a fellow skier after seeing a rescue vehicle arrive on the mountain.

“After we saw the rescue vehicle, we ran into a gentleman who told me he had gone off the slope of the mountain and hit a tree,” Corrado said.

West Roxbury expert skier Frank Kelliher said he had skied the trail where the accident had happened before, but found it difficult to navigate.

“I’m an accomplished skier. I’ve been skiing for a long time and it’s a tough trail,” he said. “It’s narrow. Old New He’s England He’s style trail. It might have been freezing this time of the morning.”

Regarding conditions on the mountain side of the trail, Polly Bixby, a Wachusett veteran from Orange, New Hampshire, said he was informed of ice conditions during the lift-up, saying such conditions were to be expected after a chilly night. pointed out that there is

“Anyone who goes there after a cold night, it’s typical.”

Princeton firefighters were called back to the mountain shortly after 11 a.m. and received reports that a 74-year-old man had “hit his head.” He was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester and is expected to be safe. He was skiing the 10th Mountain Trail when he got injured.