Snowboarder Ellie Soutter's father fears the 18-year-old took her own life because her 'mind may have been affected' from head injuries
According to the devastated father of the late snowboarding star Ellie Soutter, his daughter took her own life after the head injuries she sustained from the sport. In a remote woodland in Les Gets, France, the emerging snowboarding phenom committed suicide on her 18th birthday after struggling to deal with the immense weight on her shoulders. Her 53-year-old father Tony says that due to the several head injuries and concussions Ellie suffered during her career, her mind may have been affected. After one of the injuries, he recalled, his daughter was unable to recognize him for almost seven hours.
In a conversation with The Sunday Times, Tony said, "She had been airlifted off the mountain about five times, each time with a head injury. She didn't recognize me for seven hours after the incident. She had nasty headaches and trouble sleeping."