Sports isn't always glorious.

Every once in a while, it all goes terribly wrong. I used to work in this industry and this struck home. It always does and it always hurts, even if I didn't know this girl personally.

BY BRIGITTE RUTHMAN REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
BARKHAMSTED — A 16-year-old Barkhamsted skier died Wednesday of injuries suffered the day before when she crashed into a tree during a warmup run on a black diamond trail at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. Rebecca McGill was a student at Stratton Mountain School in Stratton, Vt. She was attending Sugarloaf's annual Speed Week training camp when she left the trail and crashed into a tree.