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Woman recovering after fall at Steamboat Ski Area |
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 08:34 |
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By MATT STENSLAND, STEAMBOAT PILOT & TODAY
A 19-year-old Mississippi woman was airlifted to a Denver hospital with serious head injuries after she slid down an icy trail at Steamboat Ski Area and hit a snow gun on New Year’s Day.
The woman, identified by Routt County Undersheriff Ray Birch as Laken Wilson, is recovering in the neurological intensive care unit at Denver Health Medical Center, according to a Web page set up in her name at www.caringbridge.org. Family members reported that Wilson was flown to Denver because she had suffered a skull fracture.
“She underwent three hours of surgery to remove bone fragments from the left side of her brain and stop the bleeding in her brain,” the Web page reads.
According to a Denver Health spokeswoman, Wilson was in fair condition Wednesday evening.
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