Two men die in separate incidents at premier Tahoe-area ski resort

A late-morning telephone to authorities led to the find of 2 abstracted deaths Friday astatine Heavenly Mountain Resort adjacent Lake Tahoe, officials said.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded astatine 11:55 a.m. to reports of 2 fatal accidents astatine the Nevada-side resort.

According to the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, 33-year-old Nicholas Jamil Haddad of West Bloomfield, Michigan, died aft a superior incidental connected the mountain.

Authorities besides identified Brian Robert Fraud, a 57-year-old antheral from Elk Grove, California, arsenic the 2nd victim. Authorities said helium died aft experiencing a superior aesculapian exigency portion connected the slopes.

Two radical died during unrelated incidents astatine a skis edifice adjacent Lake Tahoe. (Kate Abraham/Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows via AP)

Both skiers were transported to the basal country by Heavenly Ski Patrol aft deputies responded to the scene, constabulary said.

Despite life-saving efforts from the TDFPD and paramedics, some men died.

A conveyance clears snowfall on Interstate-80 successful the Lake Tahoe region. (Placer County Sheriff's Office)

The incidents were unrelated, the sheriff’s bureau said, and the origin and mode of some deaths stay nether investigation.

Heavenly Vice President and General Manager Shaydar Edelmann said Friday helium appreciated the enactment of the skis patrol squad and the archetypal responders.

"On behalf of the full Heavenly Mountain Resort team, we widen our heartfelt condolences to our guests’ family, friends and loved ones," helium said successful a statement.

In a statement, South Lake Tahoe Mayor Cody Bass offered his condolences to the victims' families. 

"Our assemblage is mourning a profound and dense nonaccomplishment today. The past 2 weeks person brought a succession of tragedies to the Lake Tahoe region. On behalf of the City Council and the radical of South Lake Tahoe, we privation to explicit our deepest and astir heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of those we person lost."

Colin Kang, San Jose State University student, died astatine a Lake Tahoe skis resort.  (GoFundMe)

The fatal incidents travel aft respective deaths successful the Lake Tahoe region. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, the assemblage of missing caller San Jose State University postgraduate Colin Kang, 21, was found.

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Kang had "gone skiing and did not instrumentality arsenic expected," the Placer County Sheriff’s Office shared successful a quality merchandise connected Facebook. His conveyance was recovered successful a parking batch astatine Northstar California Resort earlier helium was aboriginal discovered.

On Feb. 17, a radical of 9 backcountry skiers were killed successful an avalanche adjacent Castle Peak, which is not acold from Lake Tahoe.

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