There's a grim reminder in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today about the dangers of skiing: "Local businessman dies in ski accident"--
Jon Pyzyk, president of the Kohner Properties real estate company of Clayton, died Saturday in a skiing accident at Beaver Creek Resort near Beaver Creek, Colo., authorities reported. Pyzyk, of Town and Country, was 55.
Authorities say Pyzyk hit a tree on an intermediate trail. He was not wearing a helmet, resort officials said. He was taken to the Vail Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
--Posted by Illinois personal injury attorney T. Evan Schaeffer of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.