A request from this weekend
So this might be an unusual request, but after yesterday I feel obligated to make it.
If you see 2 skiers/boarders collide and one of them tries to take off, please get descriptive info and/or follow them and report them to patrol.
Yesterday I was up patrolling and worked an accident where a girl who was snowboarding was hit from behind by another boarder that was out of control (it could have just as easily been a skier...this is not an anti-boarder thread). When I arrived on scene, this girl had no idea what had happened...all she remembered was waking up in the middle of the run. He father witnessed the whole thing, but could not provide any valuable identifying information. The boarder that hit her, got up and took off without finding out if she was okay.
I can't provide too much info regarding the specifics of the accident, but I will say that this girl was transported to the valley in an ambulance and does not have insurance. Now, because some douchebag hit her and took off, she's left with a few medical bills that will likely not be cheap.
All I'm asking is that if you see this, please get a good description of the colliding party if they choose to bolt. I know that in a lot of instances, they will go straight to the parking lot and leave. If we, as patrollers, see it and can't catch the individual, or sometimes to avoid conflict, we'll get license plates and let the sheriff sort things out. We're told at the mountain that leaving a scene like this is equatable to leaving the scene of a car accident where you injure someone else (legal mags, can you confirm this and what charges might apply?)
This whole thing has been bothering me since it happened. I apologize if this sounds like a page out of my diary, or if it sounds like I'm lecturing you all, but this felt like an appropriate place to bring it up.
