Overview

• NSW Ambulance and police were called to Thredbo about 12:10pm on Tuesday, September 2, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Police from the Monaro district will compile findings for the coroner, and a section of the area was closed for several hours during the response.
• The ABC reports the skier lost control on the Dream Run and struck rocks, with official determinations still pending.
• The Canberra Times reports the victim was a 22-year-old student from the United States who had been working in the valley.
• The death follows the August 12 fatality of 22-year-old snowboarder Drew Youngquist at Perisher's Front Valley Terrain Park, which sources say involved a bad landing and a collision with an object.