Tegan Johnson, 12, Dies After Skiing Accident At Welch Village
January 15, 2020 at 10:33 pm

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Hastings community is mourning the loss of a 12-year-old boy who died Tuesday after being seriously injured while skiing.

The ski patrol at Welch Village Ski Area was alerted of an injured guest on a closed trail Sunday at about 4 p.m.

Tegan Johnson, a seventh grader at Hastings Middle School, was found unconscious and unresponsive. He was rushed to Gillette Children’s Hospital in St. Paul, where he died on Tuesday morning.

It is still unclear exactly how this apparent accident unfolded, but the incident is still under investigation.
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According to the National Ski Areas Association, 42 people died while skiing last winter. Most of those deaths were caused by collisions.