SF Man Dies While Snowboarding Near Lake Tahoe
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a San Francisco man in a snowboarding accident near Lake Tahoe either died from the impact of hitting a tree or suffocated when he landed headfirst in a snow bank.
Nevada County Chief Deputy Coroner Paul Schmidt released preliminary autopsy results on 30-year-old Jeffrey Halperin to the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday.
Halperin was found unconscious in the trees near a ski trail at the Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in Truckee on Sunday morning. He had apparently become separated from a friend while snowboarding on the slopes.
Halperin was air lifted to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.