Who was Peter Mathews? NY Air National Guard, 24, dies in fall while snowboarding on indoor slope at NJ mall
BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY: An Air National Guard from Long Island died after a snowboarding accident at a mall in New Jersey on December 8. Peter Mathews who had served for the last two years in the Maryland Air National Guard was fatally injured while snowboarding at Big Snow, an indoor slope at the American Dream mall and entertainment complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
In the tragic accident last Thursday, the crew chief died when he tumbled backward during snowboarding and hit his head. The incident took place when Peter was with his family. His sister, Sarah Mathews, who is a registered nurse, told Newsday that she tried saving Peter on the slopes. He was then rushed to the Hackensack University Medical Center but was pronounced dead later that day, as per the Newsday report.
