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By Paul Takahashi (contact) 
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 | 5:52 p.m.
A girl died in a sledding accident on Mount Charleston on New Year's Day, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
Trooper Loy Hixson said the girl was involved in some kind of sledding accident shortly before 1 p.m. in the Lee Canyon area. The girl was flown by helicopter to UMC where she later died, Hixson said.
There are no other details known at this time. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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When I was a kid many moons ago, I loved sledding. What I didn't see at that time in my young life is how much danger I was putting myself in. Back in those days, we didn't wear any head or body safety gear.
We iced down our sled course which was of a steep decline, and waxed our rails. This made the speeds we were attaining on our sleds quite high.
Our survival during these ventures was just plain pure luck. Sadly enough, this little girl did not have the same luck in her young life.
If parents are going to allow their kids to sled, then these children need to be much more than adequately "suited up" in safety gear that will repel high impact crashes.
Put em in that suit Danica wears.