Shrewsbury Skier John Lapato Died in Wachusett Mountain Accident,

 A skier was killed in a crash on Wachusett Mountain Monday and another was seriously hurt in a separate incident.

A spokesperson for the resort said a man hit a tree on Salamander Cutoff, an advanced trail around 9:25 a.m. Witnesses said it appeared he lost control. He was identified Wednesday as 67-year-old John Lapato of Shrewsbury.

Wachusett co-owner Carolyn Crowley Stimpson told WBZ-TV the ski patrol did their best to save him. “Patrol performed CPR on the spot and brought him down to the base area where he was taken by ambulance,” Stimpson said.

Police and fire crews from Westminster and Princeton responded to the accident. Westminster Fire Chief Kyle Butterfield told WBZ, the initial 911 call came from a ski lift rider.

“They saw a person at the side of the trail that was unresponsive,” said Chief Butterfield.

Stimpson said this is the first death at Wachusett in the last 15-to-20 years. “It’s just heartbreaking. It’s truly a family atmosphere here, so we’re all broken up,” she told WBZ.

State Police Detectives assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death.

“The entire Wachusett family is grieving this tragic loss. All of our thoughts are with the skier’s family and friends,” Wachusett’s public relations manager Chris Stimpson said in a statement.

Less than two hours after the first accident, Chief Butterfield says a second call came in with a reported “head strike” on a different
black diamond trail further up the mountain. That 74-year-old skier is expected to be OK, but now Butterfield is urging mountain-goers to wear their helmets and know their limits.

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