Aspiring firefighter dies in snowboarding accident at popular ski resort

An aspiring firefighter died aft suffering from superior injuries portion vacationing astatine an eastbound California skis edifice implicit the weekend. 

Roman Lacayo, 25, was visiting the Kirkwood Mountain Resort erstwhile helium sustained "major caput injuries" successful a snowboarding accident, the Alpine County Sheriff’s Office said in a property release. 

On Saturday, the Kirkwood Ski Patrol responded to a "medical incident" connected the resort's intermediate way and transported Lacayo to the Barton Medical Clinic, located successful the facility's basal area, a edifice spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. 

Authorities were called to the session astatine astir 12:20 p.m. aft receiving reports of a snowboarding accident, according to police. He was pronounced dormant conscionable earlier 1 p.m. 

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The Alpine County Sheriff and Coroner’s Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for further information. 

Lacayo was visiting the edifice with his woman and friends erstwhile helium fell and deed his head, KCRA-TV reported. 

"On behalf of the afloat squad present astatine Kirkwood, we widen our deepest sympathy and enactment to the guest’s household and friends," Ricky Newberry, Kirkwood's vice president and wide manager, said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "Our thoughts are with each those affected during this hard time." 

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Lacayo had precocious graduated from a Southern California occurrence academy and was "close to achieving his dream," Nathan Clardy, Lacayo’s father, told KCRA-TV. 

"It's heartbreaking due to the fact that arsenic a dad, I wasn't determination with him. I cognize there's thing I could person changed, but conscionable not being determination with him," Clardy said.

Two days earlier his death, the aspiring firefighter filled retired an exertion to articulation 1 department, the presumption reported. 

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Clardy is present grappling with his son’s decease arsenic the household makes preparations to transport his remains to his location successful Corona, telling KCRA-TV the process has been a "logistical nightmare." 

"He embodies what we telephone work supra self," Clardy said. "And adjacent anterior to the occurrence service, his earthy instinct was to instrumentality attraction of different people." 

Lacayo's household did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.