A skiing outing turned tragic for a California man who lost his life in an accident at a North Lake Tahoe resort.
Stuart McLaughlin, a 53-year-old resident of Hillsborough in the Bay Area, died on Sunday at the Northstar Ski Resort in Truckee.
According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, authorities were alerted to a fatal skiing incident at the resort around 11:30 a.m. on February 15.
Resort officials informed ABC7 Eyewitness News that McLaughlin’s death resulted from a collision with another skier on one of the resort’s advanced trails.
The other skier involved in the collision was taken to the hospital for treatment.
In a statement, the sheriff’s office expressed their deepest sympathies, saying, “We extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones.”
The fatal accident is the second one to happen in a week following the death of a Los Angeles man who had traveled to the North Lake Tahoe resort for a winter adventure and was killed in skiing accident on Feb 11.
The man, who was later identified as 26-year-old Nicholas Kenworthy, was killed while tackling a Black Diamond run on the mountain’s backside — when disaster struck, The California Post reported.
The winter has been absolutely brutal and resulted in more deaths this week near Lake Tahoe, where a group of backcountry skiers were hit by a horrific avalanche, leaving eight of 15 people dead and another missing.
Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon provided the grim update on Wednesday, 24 hours after the avalanche was first reported.
Moon said four travel guides and 11 guests were caught in the avalanche. Among the 15, six had been rescued — one man and five women ages 30 to 55. Moon said eight of the remaining nine are confirmed dead, and one is still missing.
