An out-of-state man is dead following a snowboarding accident at Stevens Pass Ski Resort.
Authorities say it occurred on Thursday, Dec. 8, when 27-year-old Marco Antonio Perez Canals of Norristown, Pa. was snowboarding at the Skyline area of the resort and crashed head-first into a snow-covered creek.
Download the KPQ-AM Mobile App Now
Fellow recreationists at the resort reportedly found Perez Canals unconscious and unresponsive and called for help.
A deputy with the King County Sheriff’s Office who had been about 16 miles away, in the vicinity of Skykomish when the call went out, was the first to arrive at the scene and reportedly found members of the ski patrol team at Stevens performing CPR on Perez Canals…