Grim scene after skier, 25, ‘smashed into chairlift tower and died’

A YOUNG skier has died after a horror crash on the slopes that left witnesses scrambling to help.

Deputies were called to a ski hill after a report that a man had slammed into a chairlift support tower and was down.

The incident happened at Welch Village Ski & Snowboard Area in southern Minnesota around 8:37 pm on February 1, Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office said.

The skier was later identified as Walker Phenix Nelson, 25, of Minneapolis, Fox affiliate KMSP reported…

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