I just read this(dunno if its the sam tho):
'Jackson Hole Daily
February 28 Story
Teen charged in ski death
By Jim Stanford
JACKSON HOLE DAILY
A 16-year-old Maryland snowboarder was charged with manslaughter Friday following a fatal collision at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
The teen, whose name was not released, was charged in the death of skier Heather Donahue, 28, of Massachusetts, who died Friday of head injuries.
Capt. Jim Whalen of the Teton County Sheriff's Office issued a press release that gave the following account of the incident:
The crash occurred just after 11 a.m. Thursday near the bottom of Laramie Bowl, an intermediate run on the upper part of Rendezvous Mountain.
The snowboarder descended the bowl at an extremely high rate of speed and hit Donahue, who was skiing slowly, witnesses said. He did not alter his direction to avoid Donahue, even though there was ample room to do so, witnesses said.
The force of the collision broke the snowboard in two and sent both people sliding up to 30 feet down the mountain. Donahue, who was not wearing a helmet, immediately lost consciousness.
Ski patrol responded and quickly transported Donahue to the Teton Village Clinic at the base of the resort. From there she was taken to St. John's Medical Center in Jackson; that night, she was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
Donahue suffered numerous internal injuries and a significant head injury, Whalen said. The snowboarder, who was wearing a helmet, had only minor injuries.
Donahue died at the Idaho hospital. A preliminary examination indicated she died of the head injury. An autopsy was to have been performed over the weekend, but results were unavailable.
After hearing of the woman's death, deputies arrested the teen. He was taken into custody for about two hours and released to an adult friend of the family who had accompanied him to Jackson. It is believed he returned to Maryland on Saturday and is with his family, Whalen said.
Manslaughter is a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in the state penitentiary. The snowboarder was charged under Section B of the statute for killing somebody 'involuntarily but recklessly.'
Sheriff's Sgt. Lloyd Funk said the snowboarder also was charged with reckless endangering, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. The statute prohibits engaging in 'conduct which places another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury.'
Wyoming law governing recreation stipulates that 'no person shall ski in a reckless disregard of his safety or the safety of others.' The snowboarder was not charged under this section of the law, which carries a misdemeanor penalty.
Funk said the county attorney will decide whether to prosecute the teen as an adult or juvenile.
Anna Olson, spokeswoman for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, said she and her staff was 'so shocked and saddened' by the incident. In her eight years there, the resort had not had a collision of this nature, she said.'
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