SF woman who was former college ski champion, dies from head injury at Tahoe resort

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco woman died last Saturday at Palisades Tahoe after suffering a head injury.

Ellie Curtis, 26, was a former skiing champion for Dartmouth College and worked for the California Public Utilities Commission.

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The commission said in a statement that she cared deeply about protecting the environment and will be missed.

Her death is the fourth fatality at a Tahoe-area resort and the fifth in the Sierra Nevada this year.

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