A Corona family is mourning the death of a 41-year-old husband and father who was killed in a tragic snowboarding accident at Mountain High.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 5:15AM"He was an angel, from heaven on Earth," Shirley Vitangeli told Eyewitness News. She described her husband as a shining light."He was so good at it," she said. "It was his happy place."
A department spokesperson said that firefighters arrived at the resort at 11:03 a.m. and began life saving measures immediately. But Vitangeli was pronounced deceased at 11:39 a.m.Family members say they are critical of the ski resort for what they claim is inadequate protective padding at the base of some of the chairlift towers, especially after significant winter storms that brought more than two feet of fresh snow.
A Mountain High spokesperson did not provide a statement in response to questions from Eyewitness News about policies regarding the placement of the padding, only to say that the tower that Joel Vitangeli struck did have protective padding on it at the time of the incident. "There was barely any padding. The snow was very deep, and the pad was covered, so most of the pole was exposed,"
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