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Show Avalanche at Park West Results in Tragic Death along with Dr. Burt Janis, a medical doctor working in research at University Medical Med-ical Center, were the first to reach the scene. Mr. Bench stated he was skiing down the other side of the canyon with Mr. Durham and Mr. Bain when he heard Mr. Park calling for help and shouting his companions had been trapped in a slide. I turned around and shouted to Brent and John and headed at once for the area as we warned other ski patrolmen", Mr. Bench stated. stat-ed. Mr. Perry suffereda minor min-or ankle injury when he was thrown among the trees by the snow slide. He told Mr. Bench that when he finally came to a stop he noticed light over his head and was able to brush the snow from his face. Officials stated it took him about 10 minutes to get his skis free of broken trees and limbs and he was observed climbing out when rescuers started down the slope. Potter was found under approximately three feet of snow by Park West Ski Pat rol members. It took rescuers approximately approx-imately 40 minutes to locate the victim after first receiving receiv-ing word of the mishap, according ac-cording to officials. Ski Patrolmen and Dr. Janis applied mouth-to-mouth resuscitationand heart massage but were unable un-able to revive Mr. Potter. Dr. Janis pronounced him dead at 12:20 p.m. Saturday's avalanche was the first to cause death or injury in-jury at Park City West. Dick Frost, marketing director for Park City West, stated more than three doten patrolmen were involved in the search, including some from Park City Resort and Brighton Ski Bowl. Summit County Sheriff Ron Robinson and several other law enforcement officers assisted as-sisted in the operations. Mr. Frost stated ParkCity West wished to extend a sincere sin-cere "thanks to any and all who helped during the tragic incident. He added the depth of the slide was from one to 10 feet and set the average depth at eight feet. A 250 yard-long, 50 yard-wide yard-wide avalanche resulted in the tragic death of a Salt Lake City man at Park City West last Saturday, Two other skiers were involved in-volved when the avalanche poured off Maverick Ridge at approximately 11:20 a.m. Killed was Rex I. Potter, 30, 1820 Lincoln Lane. Outrunning the slide and notifying ski patrolmen on the other side of the canyon can-yon almost immediately was Richard Parker, 23, 435 E. South Temple, Salt Lake. Trapped and buried and digging his way out was Lester Les-ter Perry, 23, 965 University Univer-sity Village, University of Utah. Park City West officials stressed the three men, all instructors, were not in an area that was normally skied. Location of the slide area was about a quarter of the way down from the top of Iron Horse Lift. The lift is located to the East of Park City West's lodge. In seeking help Mr. Parker Park-er first found Dick Bench. Mr. Bench, JohnDurhamand Brent Bain of the ski patrol |