BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - A 14-year-old girl from Colorado Springs was pronounced dead at the Breckenridge Medial Center Friday after a ski accident on the intermediate trail, Spruce, at Breckenridge Ski Resort.
Witnesses report that 14-year-old Haley Rose Gans was skiing very fast when she collided with a tree.
A call came into Breckenridge Ski Patrol at 11:48 a.m. and ski patrol responded immediately.
Ski patrol and Flight for Life provided advanced life support and transported the patient to an awaiting ambulance. She was then transported to the Breckenridge Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The girl was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
The cause and manner of death are pending investigation but are related to blunt force trauma of the chest.
