VAIL, CO — A skier appears to have suffocated to death at a Colorado resort after he fell through an opening in a chairlift seat and became caught with his coat wrapped around his head and neck, officials said.
Jason Varnish of Short Hills, New Jersey, died of positional asphyxia Thursday at Vail Mountain’s Blue Sky Basin area, according to Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis.
The death has been ruled an accident but authorities are still investigating how it happened, the Vail Daily reported.
Skier suffocates to death after getting caught in chairlift
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