skiing accident
Man dies in Lake Tahoe after jet skiing accident
Submitted by paula on Sun, 08/14/2016 - 10:02am
A 22-year-old man from Oakland, Calif., drowned off the shore of South Lake Tahoe on Saturday after a jet skiing accident.
At 6:10 p.m. August 13, a person at the Timber Cover Marina reported an over due jet skier. Officers from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to the pier where they learned two men had been thrown off a rented jet ski after hitting a wave about 100 yards off the the marina. One man was able to swim back to the jet ski, but the other man, Raeshon Williams, did not. Neither man was wearing a life jacket.
Woman dies at Heavenly Mountain Resort after hitting tree
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/17/2016 - 1:09pm
A 77-year-old Wisconsin woman has died from injuries received after hitting a tree while skiing at Heavenly Mountain Resort on February 16, 2016.
Kathryn Strangman of Madison, Wisconsin had been skiing on the Nevada side of the resort when she hit a tree. Ski Patrol attempted lifesaving treatment according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Sgt. Pat Brooks of the department said an autopsy is scheduled and the investigation is continuing.
Eighteen years since Sonny Bono died while skiing in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/05/2016 - 11:35pm
It has been 18 years since Sonny Bono, a California congressman and entertainer who had performed at Lake Tahoe, died in a skiing accident at Heavenly Mountain Resort.
Bono was 62 when he set out skiing on that Monday morning, January 5, 1998. He was first reported missing at 4:30 p.m. In hopes that he left the mountain without telling anyone, Bono was paged in each of the Stateline casinos.
Alpine Meadows ski instructor dies in skiing accident
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/16/2012 - 9:41amTAHOE CITY, Calif. - Alpine Meadows Ski Resort is mourning the loss of one its own.Annalise Kjolhede, 24, a ski instructor with the resort's Kids Ski School, died Tuesday evening, following a skiin...
Alpine Meadows ski instructor dies in skiing accident
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/16/2012 - 9:41amTAHOE CITY, Calif. - Alpine Meadows Ski Resort is mourning the loss of one its own.Annalise Kjolhede, 24, a ski instructor with the resort's Kids Ski School, died Tuesday evening, following a skiin...
San Jose woman, 52, dies after skiing accident near Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:30pmTRUCKEE, Calif. - A 52-year-old San Jose, Calif., woman died last week after a skiing accident at Northstar California, according to resort officials.At approximately 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, Nort...
San Jose woman, 52, dies after skiing accident near Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:42amTRUCKEE, Calif. - A 52-year-old San Jose, Calif., woman died last week after a skiing accident at Northstar California, according to resort officials.At approximately 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, N...
Jill Kinmont Boothe, whose story was the basis of 'The Other Side of the Mountain' dies
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:55pm
Jill Kinmont Boothe, the former ski champion and Olympic hopeful who was left paralyzed after a skiing accident in Utah in 1955 and whose life story was the subject of the film "The Other Side of the Mountain" and a subsequent sequel, died Thursday at Carson Tahoe Hospital in Carson City, the Los Angeles Times reports. She was 75.
Ruth Rhines, senior deputy coroner of Carson City, confirmed that Boothe died. A cause of death wasn't given and Rhines could not confirm reports that Boothe died of complications related to surgery.
Skier dies following collision with sign post
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:31amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A 34-year-old man was killed at Heavenly Mountain Resort Tuesday after suffering chest injuries sustained in a skiing accident, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff'...
OBITUARY: DEAN SEPPA
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 5:00amOctober 25, 1947 ~ December 02, 2011 Zephyr Cove, NevadaDean Seppa, a resident of Zephyr Cove, NV passed away in Reno on December 2, 2011 as a result of a water skiing accident. Beloved husband ...
