Whitman student dies in ski accident at Bluewood

WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) - A Whitman College student from California died in a skiing accident at the Bluewood resort near Dayton in southeast Washington.

College President George Bridges told the college newspaper The Pioneer that 19-year-old Richard O'Brien of Davis, Calif., struck a tree Saturday.

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports Goodell said an ambulance and medical helicopter were dispatched but O'Brien died in the ski patrol room.