Sugarloaf Worker Dies After Tumble Down Steep Trail

CARRABASSET VALLEY, Maine (AP) — A Sugarloaf employee lost his footing and was killed in a tumble down a steep mogul course being prepared for competition.

Members of the Sugarloaf Ski Patrol responded Friday to the double-black diamond Skidder trail and transported employee Alex Witt to a first aid clinic. Paramedics performed CPR, but Witt was pronounced dead at the clinic.

Sugarloaf is in Carrabassett Valley, a small town that's also home to a skiing and snowboarding academy. Local police and the ski resort say Witt was 24 years old and was from Farmington.

Sugarloaf general manager Karl Strand says the death is a blow to the tight-knit community. He says co-workers' hearts are with their "team member and his family."

Federal workplace safety regulators have been notified.