(file photo: Tripp Fay, Copper Mountain)

Copper Mountain Snowboarder Dies from Brain Injury Sustained in Fall

Copper Mountain, CO – A 55-year-old Missouri woman died late Monday night of complications from a head injury sustained in fall while snowboarding at Copper Mountain on Saturday.

(file photo: Tripp Fay, Copper Mountain)
(file photo: Tripp Fay, Copper Mountain)

Suzanne Pennington, of Reeds Spring, Mo., passed away last night at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood, Colo., outside of Denver. Although Pennington was wearing a helmet when she crashed while snowboarding at Copper Mountain, the Summit County Coroner’s office has indicated that the cause of death was a closed head traumatic brain injury.

No further details regarding Pennington’s death were available at press time.

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