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Mourning Canadian skier

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The ski community in Collingwood, ON is remembering their friend Nik Zoricic, 29.

Zoricic passed away yesterday after crashing hard into the safety fence at the side of a skicross race course in Switzerland. The crash caused severe neurotrauma from which the Toronto native succumbed to.

This is the second time in recent months a Canadian skier has been killed. In January Sarah Burke, 29, died after a fall during a super pipe training run at the Park City Mountain Resort in Utah.

Grief counsellors are with his teammates and a candlelight vigil was planned at the race’s finish area in Switzerland.

Zoricic skied out of the Craigleith Ski Club in Collingwood, and those close to him are also saying goodbye.

Lisa Knap reports:

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