I didn’t see any evidence the girl was in a ski school lesson. There are a lot of teens who learn how to ski, become overly confident, run through the bunny slopes adjacent to young beginning skier classes, focused on getting to the chair lift before avoiding possible collisions.
I would think the ski resort would very much have kicked her off the slopes for both out of control skiing and possibly assault.
I forget, but a skiing collision in some Colorado resorts used to lead to criminal charges. It really doesn’t take much to kill, maim, or cause permanent injury due to careless skiing on slopes congested with beginners and kids.
A punch in the face is far less threatening than a full impact with a skier traveling even at moderate downhill speeds or a loose ski flying through the air.
But they didn't. And there were witnesses to it. A ski instructor was the first person there to pule the guy off and since the guy only got 3-4 blows in, I'm presuming that the ski instructor acted pretty much immediately. Even an experienced skier would take a couple seconds to get over to them; enough time for the guy to land some blows.
That tells me all I need to know about the incident.
Oh, for crying out loud. We have to go through this whole thing again proving the little girl wasn’t the spawn of Satan.
VAIL DAILY
Police: Man punched skier on Beaver Creek
Eagle County Sheriff’s Office charges Georgia man with misdemeanor
Sarah Mausolf
Vail, CO Colorado
December 20,2010
“The 14-year-old girl from Mexico had been skiing on a beginner run, which Beaver Creek officials have identified as Haymaker trail, with a ski school class when she swerved to avoid a skier who had fallen in front of her, the statement said. The girl bumped into a 4-year-old boy who had been skiing with his father on the same run, McWilliam said. The boy and girl fell, the statement said.”
From the December 20, 2010 Vail Daily-
"The 14-year-old girl from Mexico had been skiing on a beginner run, which Beaver Creek officials have identified as Haymaker trail, with a ski school class when she swerved to avoid a skier who had fallen in front of her, the statement said. The girl bumped into a 4-year-old boy who had been skiing with his father on the same run, McWilliam said. The boy and girl fell, the statement said.
The father of the 4-year-old boy said he thought his son had been seriously hurt and that the girl had been skiing carelessly, McWilliam said. Police said the man jumped on top of the girl and hit her in the face with his fist, McWilliam said in the statement. The skiing instructor intervened and stopped the father from further assaulting the girl, the statement said. The father then realized his son was not injured and apologized for his inappropriate behavior, McWilliam said.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20101220/NEWS/101229973