(photo: Killington Resort)

Killington Snowboarder Dies Trying to Avoid Collision with Friend

Killington, VT – A 23-year-old Upstate New York man died on Friday while snowboarding at Killington in Vermont.

(photo: Killington Resort)
(photo: Killington Resort)

Skylar Ormond, of Canandaigua, was snowboarding with two friends on the Mouse Trap run on Killington’s Snowden Peak shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday when one of his friends fell. Ormond swerved to avoid colliding with his unidentified friend and veered off into the woods, striking a tree.

Ormond was transported to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where he died of internal injuries several hours later.

The victim worked several jobs in the Finger Lakes area, including as a parking valet at various locations and in the rental shop at Bristol Mountain ski area.

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