Two Dead in Wyoming Ski Accident

Snowboarder and young girl pronounced dead at nearby hospital
By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 26, 2010 5:37 AM CST
Two Dead in Wyoming Ski Accident
Two died in a Wyoming skiing accident yesterday   (Shutterstock)

Two people died and another was injured on Casper Mountain, Wyo., when a snowboarder collided with a 5-year-old girl and her mother yesterday, reports the Casper Star-Tribune. The three were taken to a nearby hospital, where the 22-year-old snowboarder and girl were pronounced dead. The mother remains hospitalized, with no information available on her condition. The accident occurred on a black-diamond-level run, but the details remain under investigation.
(More Casper Mountain stories.)

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