Image via Facebook A family is in mourning after a freak skiing accident killed a 24-year-old Marine Sergeant. She had been visiting her family over the holidays in Colorado. Sadly, she passed away after getting injured at a ski resort.

Marine Sergeant Jessie Mello died at the age of 24 after a freak skiing accident while visiting her family in Colorado over the holidays, the Colorado Sun reported. Mello, of Grand Junction, was skiing an intermediate-level trail at Powderhorn Mountain on Christmas Eve when she suffered a severe head injury and broken bones,

A 24-year-old Marine Sergeant has died after she was injured in a skiing accident at a popular resort while home visiting her family for the holidays. Jessie Mello, from Grand Junction, Colo., was skiing at Powderhorn Mountain on Dec.