Sonny Bono Ski Accident — Non-Graphic Animated Reconstruction ⧉⧉⧉ non-graphic reconstruction January 5, 1998 · Heavenly How the tree impact likely happened A simplified animated reconstruction based on public reporting: Sonny Bono was skiing alone, left a groomed run into trees, and struck a pine tree. Because there were no eyewitnesses, the exact micro-sequence is unknowable; this visual marks the known path and the uncertain final seconds separately. Phase 1 · groomed run The skier begins on a broad groomed intermediate trail. The animation is not a map; it illustrates the reported sequence. legend groomed run off-trail line trees uncertain final seconds Replay 00.0s No witnesses Public accounts state investigators had no eyewitness view of the impact itself. Off the main run Reports describe him leaving the groomed trail and entering a tree area/grove. Tree impact The fatal mechanism was blunt head trauma f...
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