Funeral Friday For Middletown Teen Who Died In Ski Accident

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — The funeral for Alex Kemp, the 19-year-old Middletown man who died last Tuesday after a skiing accident in the Berkshires, will be Friday.

This was announced in Kemp's obituary, which was published Monday. Holmdel Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

A burial mass for Kemp will be at 10:15 a.m. Friday at the Church of St. Leo the Great in Lincroft. Prior to that, there will be a visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at Holmdel Funeral Home.

Kemp died in a skiing accident last week at Jiminy Peak ski resort in Massachusetts' Berkshire mountains. It was a classmate of Kemp's at Williams College — whom he was skiing with that day — who called 911 at 2:39 p.m. Monday to report Kemp had been badly hurt, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney.

Kemp and the friend had been skiing on a black diamond trail (Jiminy Peak's Cutter trail), and he went over an embankment on the left side of the trail. Kemp was wearing a helmet, but still suffered a severe head injury, said the district attorney. Drugs and alcohol were not involved.

The fatal accident happened Monday afternoon, Jan. 6, and Kemp died Tuesday at a regional hospital in Massachusetts.

Kemp grew up in Lincroft and graduated from Christian Brothers Academy,where he was an accomplished cross-country runner. In his senior year, he became a New Jersey state champion running cross country for CBA in the 3200m race, also known as the two-mile or eight laps around a 400-meter track.

In his obituary, Kemp was described as "fearless and incredibly motivated, consistently pushing himself in both training and competition. But despite his competitive spirit, Alex was deeply team-oriented, taking genuine joy in the success of his teammates ... His self-assured, positive and kind demeanor made him a natural leader and a valued teammate and friend."

He was enrolled as a freshman at Williams College in Massachusetts at the time of his death, and he had been recruited by Williams College to run cross country for their team.

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