BRECKENRIDGE—
A 14-year-old female from Colorado Springs was pronounced dead at the Breckenridge Medical Center Friday after being injured in a ski accident.The victim has been identified as Haley Rose Gans. She was home schooled.
Ski patrol responded to the accident on the intermediate trail, "Spruce," at Breckenridge Ski Resort after a call came in at 11:48 a.m.
Ski patrol and Flight for Life provided life support and transported Gans to an ambulance. She was transported to the Breckenridge Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Witnesses report that she was skiing very fast when she ran into a tree. The cause of death is pending investigation but the Breckenridge coroner's initial assesment indicates the death was due to blunt force trauma of the chest.
The girl was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident.
