A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition at a Toronto hospital after striking a tree while skiing in Collingwood, Ont.
The girl was skiing on an intermediate run named Schuss when she hit a tree around 1 p.m., according to an official with the Blue Mountain ski resort.
"This is a terrible, terrible day, but we hope she makes a full recovery and can ski again," said Paul Pinchbeck, vice-president of marketing with the ski hill, adding that the girl was wearing a helmet at the time.
The girl was visiting the hill as part of a ski race, but wasn't racing at the time, Pinchbeck said.
Ski patrollers helped her off the hill before paramedics took the teen to Collingwood hospital.
She was in critical condition at the hospital, Pinchbeck said, so she was air lifted to Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, where she remains with life-threatening injuries.
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the accident, which occurred along the tree line.
Const. Martin Hachey said police are reconstructing the scene and speaking to witnesses, but do not suspect foul play.
This is the fourth serious ski injury at the mountain in the past four seasons, Pinchbeck said.
The other three, which happened once in each of the past three years, were fatalities.
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