A Tahoe City woman died Wednesday morning at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort after she struck a lift tower on the Sherwood side of the mountain, according to a Placer County sheriff's sergeant.
A call came into 911 at 9:50 a.m. that a skier had hit a ski lift tower and went down, according to Sgt. Bill Langton of the Placer County Sheriff's Office. Alpine ski patrol was on the scene and paramedics and a Care Flight helicopter were called, Langton said.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate the 24-year-old skier, but she was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 10 a.m., Langton said.
The skier's name was not released as of Wednesday afternoon because authorities were trying to locate her parents.
Langton said the skier was not wearing a helmet, nor was the person with her.
She was transported to the mortuary in Truckee and then will be transferred to the morgue in Auburn, Calif., where the coroner will conduct an autopsy, Langton said.
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