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Skier strikes tree and dies at Deer Valley Resort

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Mounds of made-made-snow pile up on a run at Deer Valley Resort as temperatures dropped into the teens across the Wasatch Front Friday, November 27, 2015.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Mounds of made-made-snow pile up on a run at Deer Valley Resort as temperatures dropped into the teens across the Wasatch Front Friday, November 27, 2015.

  | March 8, 2019, 3:08 p.m.
| Updated: 3:24 p.m.

A 62-year-old skier died Tuesday when he hit a tree at Deer Valley Resort, FOX 13 reported.

Park City Police identified the victim as Paul Brown. A spokeswoman for the resort told the station the man was skiing in the Empire Canyon area when he struck a tree about 11:30 a.m.

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