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BEAVER CREEK, Colo.—The Eagle County coroner says a 13-year-old Texas girl who hit a tree while skiing has been declared brain-dead.
Coroner Kara Bettis says Taylor Storch fell backward and hit a tree while skiing at Beaver Creek Sunday afternoon. Authorities say Storch was skiing on an intermediate trail and wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Storch, of Coppell, Texas, was on vacation with her family.
Bettis says Storch was a beginner skier and had been taking lessons. A Beaver Creek official says Storch was not in a lesson when the accident happened.
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Information from: Vail Daily,
