THE SIDELINES : Crash Kills Ski Resort Executive
Ski resort executive Craig Badami was killed and five others were injured when a cable being trailed by a helicopter snagged on a trailer and the copter crashed, authorities said.
Badami, 37, was vice president of marketing for Park City Ski Resort and was director of last weekend’s World Cup competition at the resort.
Badami was declared dead at the site of the Tuesday afternoon crash after efforts to revive him failed, police said.
The helicopter, an Aerospatial Alouette SA-316, was being used to clear equipment and transport personnel during cleanup after the races. Park City Police Chief Frank Bell said witnesses reported that the helicopter’s steel cable snagged on a mobile trailer, snapped and flew upward into the rotor. “It came down upside down. . . . There was no fire and nobody on the ground was injured,” Bell said.
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