This reminds me of a scene from the movie...

[lloyd braun]

Fargo......



HUNTER - A freak accident involving a large snow blower claimed the life of a Prattsville man working at the Hunter Mountain ski resort, police said on Tuesday.

State police at the Catskill barracks said Walter Rion, 63, a shop mechanic at Hunter, was closing a garage door in the ski center's maintenance area about 8:30 p.m. Monday when his clothes got caught in the moving blades of a 6-foot-wide snow blower that was in the shop for repairs. Rion was pulled into the machine and suffered fatal injuries, police said.

Rion was pronounced dead at the scene by Greene County Coroner Hassan Basagik. An autopsy was scheduled for today at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany.

Rion, of 105 Marv Rion Road, Prattsville, worked at Hunter Mountain for more than 20 years, police said.

They said the ski resort was closed for the day when the accident occurred and that Rion was working alone in the shop, which was not uncommon.

The maintenance shop is at the bottom of the mountain, away from the public part of the ski center police said. They said the snow blower was an industrial-size, two-stage machine that is driven rather than pushed.

Hunter Mountain officials could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.

condolences to all who knew him.

 

[Skier75]

Wouldn't that be more like a Stepen King movie?

No seriously, I'm not trying to make fun of such things, it's not something to make fun of. That is really sad. Sorry to hear the news, my condolences goes out to his family.

 

[lloyd braun]

Wouldn't that be more like a Stepen King movie?

did you see Fargo? do you remember the end?

 

[inhalexhale]

Nothing like Fargo. Lets also remember there wasn't someone pushing him into a machine, for starters.

 

[JimG.]

A horrible and grisly way to die.

I knew about this but don't post such things here or anywhere else.

My heart goes out to his family and friends.

 

[dmc]

I wasn't too psyched to post about it either..

Really sad... these are the guys who keep ski areas running...

 

[JimG.]

Really sad... these are the guys who keep ski areas running...

They work in total anonymity...few appreciate what they do.

The only time you hear about them is when something dramatic like this happens.

Doesn't seem fair.

 

[SIKSKIER]

Wow,that's really sad.Sorry to his family and all of you Hunter skiers.

 

[KingM]

That's sad, sad news. And a horrible way to go. It's a tiring, thankless job, and apparently a dangerous one, as well.

 

[Terry]

Any job working with machinery is potentialy dangerous. My thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends. A very tragic accident.