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Victim's husband wants hit-and-run skier to turn himself in

Stephen Kim watched a boy hit his wife at Breckenridge. The impact forced her to go into the trees, which caused her serious injuries. Now, he's pleading for the person who did it to come forward.

Looking back at video shot from a camera mounted on his ski helmet, Stephen Kim said he wonders if anything could've been done differently.

On January 5, he and his wife, Ura, took friends to Breckenridge and were skiing on Peak 6 around 12:30 p.m. when he says a boy about 10 years old went zooming by him. He said the boy then approached his wife who was ahead of him. Stephen Kim said he had turned off his helmet cam because he had reached the catwalk, but said he saw the collision.

"When he makes that right turn at the catwalk, he oversteers and runs into my wife, hits her on the left side pushing her into the tree," Stephen Kim said. "My friend, Christine skied straight to my wife, Ura, and I chased the boy down."

He said the boy was skiing fast and his parents came down behind him.

"He had no business being up there at that speed, but immediately when I caught him, he was busy apologizing to me," Stephen Kim said.

When he returned to his wife, her arm and the bones in the right side of her face were broken.

"People were trying to tell me well, her helmet saved her life," Stephen Kim said. "No, it was her instinct to raise her arm and brace away from the tree that saved her life."

Stephen Kim said when he turned around the boy who hit Ura and his parents were gone.

"I believe it was the parents. You're talking about a 10-year-old child who is scared and understood the mistake that just occurred," Stephen Kim said.

Now, the Summit County Sheriff's Office is looking for the public's help to find this hit-and-run skier.

Breckenridge released this statement today:

"On Saturday, Jan. 5 Breckenridge Ski Patrol responded to an incident that took place on the mountain involving a 50 year-old female skier from Aurora, Colo. Ski Patrol attended to the victim and she was transported to St. Anthony’s Summit Medical Center in Frisco, Colo. for further care and evaluation.

After Ski Patrol arrived on scene, it was reported that the incident was caused by a hit-and-run collision between the guest and an unidentified juvenile male skier. The resort is working with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office to assist in the investigation.

Breckenridge Ski Resort places the highest value on safety. If guests are involved in a collision resulting in injury, Ski Patrol should be called immediately and Colorado law requires that all parties remain at the scene of the incident until names and current contact information are provided. Guests who see a hit-and-run incident should contact Ski Patrol immediately to report the incident and provide a detailed description of the skier or snowboarder involved."

Wednesday afternoon, Ura Kim underwent a six-hour surgery to repair her face and her arm. Stephen Kim turned to Twitter to ask the boy to do the right thing and turn himself in.

"I hope they see my Tweets and come forth and apologize to my wife and my family for what happened," he said.

If you know anything about this case, please contact the Summit County Sheriff's Office - Detective Sergeant Robert Pearce at 970-423-8925.

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