A Williams College student died Tuesday after a ski accident at Jiminy Peak in Hancock, Massachusetts, a day earlier, according to authorities.
The Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said someone called 911 shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday and told dispatch that a skier had gone over an embankment on the left side of Cutter Trail while descending the mountain.
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Ski patrol worked to help 19-year-old Alex Kemp, of New Jersey, who was found suffering from significant head trauma.
Northern Berkshire EMS arrived soon afterward and attempted life-saving measures, the district attorney's office said. Kemp was taken to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and later transferred to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he died Tuesday.
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The district attorney's office said Kemp was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. They said there was no sign of any impairment.
Kemp was a first-year student at Williams College in Williamstown. The college president, Maud Mandel, released a statement to WWLP:
"With deep sadness, I write to tell you that first-year student Alex Kemp died yesterday, after a skiing accident on Monday," she said. "I know you will join me in thinking about Alex’s family; his friends, teammates and coaches on the track and cross country teams; his entrymates and JAs; and all the many people who care about him. I am also holding room in my heart for the first responders and medical professionals who treated him after the accident."
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A representative for Jiminy Peak shared this statement: "We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss, and our entire Jiminy Peak family sends our thoughts and sympathies to his family during this very difficult time."
