By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 13:53 EST, 19 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:17 EST, 19 March 2012 . A relaxing Sunday on California's ski slopes turned deadly when two people were killed and another person was injured in three separate accidents, according to authorities. Tim Cohee, the owner and general manager of China Peak Mountain Resort located northeast of Fresno, says a 30-year-old man was snowboarding alone when he fell head-first into the snow and suffocated. Another visitor to the . resort spotted the snowboarder and rushed to his aid a few minutes later, but it was too late. Risky: Two people were killed and another person was hurt in separate accidents on California slopes . 'That's why we always tell people to go with a buddy,' Cohee told the Fresno Bee. He added that this marked the first death at China Peak so far this year. In Northern California, a skier identified as 54-year-old Yiwei Hu, of Gold River, died after falling into a hole created by an underflow of water at the Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort. El Dorado County Sheriff's Lt. Tim Becker said in a statement that Hu was found by other skiers at around 1:43 p.m.  in an expert ski part of the resort. Deadly: A man snowboarding at China Peak Mountain Resort died after falling head-first into the snow . First responders who arrived on the scene found the 54-year-old man unresponsive and could not revive him. Nearly an hour later at Kirkwood Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe, a skier was hurt in a minor avalanche. According to Michael Dalzell, the spokesperson for Kirkwood Mountain Resort, the victim was taken to a hospital, but there is no word on the extent of his injuries.
Man suffocated to death on snow while snowboarding near Fresno .
Skier Yiwei Hu died after falling into a hole in Northern California .
Another skier was hurt in an avalanche at Kirkwood Mountain Resort .
By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 13:53 EST, 19 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:17 EST, 19 March 2012 . A relaxing Sunday on California's ski slopes turned deadly when two people were killed and another person was injured in three separate accidents, according to authorities. Tim Cohee, the owner and general manager of China Peak Mountain Resort located northeast of Fresno, says a 30-year-old man was snowboarding alone when he fell head-first into the snow and suffocated. Another visitor to the . resort spotted the snowboarder and rushed to his aid a few minutes later, but it was too late. Risky: Two people were killed and another person was hurt in separate accidents on California slopes . 'That's why we always tell people to go with a buddy,' Cohee told the Fresno Bee. He added that this marked the first death at China Peak so far this year. In Northern California, a skier identified as 54-year-old Yiwei Hu, of Gold River, died after falling into a hole created by an underflow of water at the Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort. El Dorado County Sheriff's Lt. Tim Becker said in a statement that Hu was found by other skiers at around 1:43 p.m.  in an expert ski part of the resort. Deadly: A man snowboarding at China Peak Mountain Resort died after falling head-first into the snow . First responders who arrived on the scene found the 54-year-old man unresponsive and could not revive him. Nearly an hour later at Kirkwood Mountain Resort near South Lake Tahoe, a skier was hurt in a minor avalanche. According to Michael Dalzell, the spokesperson for Kirkwood Mountain Resort, the victim was taken to a hospital, but there is no word on the extent of his injuries.
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