A University of Colorado student is in critical condition and on the verge of being taken off life support after a skiing accident at Eldora last week.
Eldora’s ski patrol was called about a 26-year-old man who collided with a tree without a helmet at 3:45 p.m. Dec. 4, said Sam Bass, a spokesman with Eldora. The skier was airlifted to Boulder Community Health’s Foothills Hospital in critical condition.
The skier has been identified by friends and family in a as Bill Brockmueller. The posts said Brockmueller sustained serious head, back and leg injuries, and was placed in a medically-induced coma while doctors tried to reduce brain swelling.
But according to the post, the family made the decision over the weekend to take Brockmueller off of life support.
“Unfortunately, Bill’s brain injury was so extensive that the doctors have informed the family that the damage is too far gone for recovery,” wrote Emily Crider, Brockmueller’s campus minister at CU. “The skilled medical team and family have chosen to withdraw care within the next day or so and is beginning to process their tremendous grief.”
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