MAMMOTH LAKES (AP) — A newspaper says another person has died in the deep snow dropped in the California mountains by a strong winter storm. The Fresno Bee says Blake Smith was snowboarding with his friends at China Peak Mountain Resort when his life ended in a freak accident. Tim Cohee,China Peak’s managing partner and general manager, told the newspaper that the 36-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) Smith was snowboarding Friday when he fell headfirst into a 5-foot embankment of fresh snow and suffocated when he […]
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