HPP: A skiing accident that occurred on Tuesday in Massachusetts resulted in the death of a college student who was 19 years old.
According to a news release issued by the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office, Alex Kemp, a student from New Jersey who was attending Williams College, was skiing at the Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, Massachusetts on the day that the event took place.
Monday afternoon at 2:39 p.m., authorities received a call from a 911 operator informing them of the collision that had occurred on the left side of Cutter Trail.
“The caller indicated that Mr. Kemp had gone over an embankment and appeared to have suffered significant head trauma,” according to the release that was issued.
Shortly after the incident occurred, ski patrol was sent to the location, and paramedics attempted to save Kemp. After being taken to the Berkshire Medical Center and then transferred to Baystate Medical Center for additional treatment, he ultimately succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
He had been brought to both of these medical facilities.
At the time of the collision, Kemp was wearing a helmet, according to the District Attorney’s Office, which also stated that “there is no indication that drugs or alcohol were involved in the incident.”
According to the route map for Jiminy Peak, the Cutter route is a black diamond trail that is rated as “most difficult” and is intended for intermediate and advanced skiers.
According to a statement released by the president of Williams College on Wednesday, Maud Mandel, Kemp, who is an avid runner, transferred from Christian Brothers Academy in New Jersey to Williams College after being recruited to compete on the Williams College cross-country team.
“Alex was fearless and incredibly motivated as a runner, both in training and competition. But even when he didn’t have his own best day, he took sincere joy and pride in seeing teammates do well,” his cross-country coach Dusty Lopez stated in the university’s statement.
“Our thoughts and hearts are with his family, his high school teammates and coaches, and everyone else who was lucky enough to know Alex,” Lopez added.
As well as studying political science and economics, the deceased student had the goal of earning a doctoral degree in computer science after completing his studies
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“Alex was one of the strongest students I’ve taught in 21 years at the college,” said Dukes Love, an economics professor who was Kemp’s instructor, in the statement.
In his senior year of high school, Kemp participated in a number of volunteer activities, one of which was at a camp where he assisted in teaching youngsters with disabilities how to ride adaptive bicycles as a means of fostering their independence.
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The following is an excerpt from the essay that Kemp wrote for his college application: “Everyone needs someone to root for them and to remind them to always root for themselves.”
Mandel came to the conclusion that “that was the spirit described by so many people who knew him,” as stated in the statement released by the university.