Skier dies at Whiteface Mountain
Pennsylvania 22-year-old crashed into a tree Tuesday
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Alpine skiing at Whiteface Mountain, in a file photo provided by the Olympic Regional Development Authority.ORDA
WILMINGTON A 22-year-old college student from Pennsylvania died while skiing at Whiteface Mountain Tuesday, State Police said.
Officers responded at 12:33 p.m. after the man lost control and struck a tree while skiing down the Upper Approach Trail.
Essex County Coroner Jerod Heidrick responded to the scene and pronounced Bernhard T. Kahlau, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, dead. His body was taken to the University of Vermont Health Network at the Champlain Valley Physician’s Hospital in Plattsburgh where an autopsy was completed on Wednesday. The cause of death was determined to be a cervical skull fracture due to the accident, State Police said.