31-year-old dies at Copper Mountain Resort
Denver resident Kevin Bonilla, 31, died at Copper Mountain Resort on Saturday, March 19, after losing control and crashing into a tree at high speed around 12:45 p.m.
According to a release from the Summit County Coroner’s Office, Bonilla was skiing Hodson’s Cut, which is rated as advanced terrain. Bonilla was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident and was an expert skier.
The release stated that his cause of death was blunt force trauma.
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