Harbor Springs, MI – The ski season was less than a week old at Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs when a 17-year-old snowboarder died in an accident on the Michigan resort’s slopes on Sunday afternoon.

Kasandra Knapp of Alanson, Mich., was on the resort’s Camelot beginner slope at around 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon when she was injured in a fall. A witness reports that Knapp did not collide with another patron or any other object. It is unknown whether she was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

Knapp was transferred to McLaren-Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, Mich., where she later died.

“We are deeply saddened by this accident,” said Brad Keen, president and general manager of Boyne Highlands Resort.  “Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family and friends.”