Sarah Burke, a Canadian freestyle skier who was injured on during a practice run had successful surgery to repair a vertebral artery tear, which had caused bleeding in her skull. The tear in Burke’s neck artery which supplies blood to the brain, caused an intracranial hemorrhage, a statement released by her publicists on Thursday said.

Dr. William T. Couldwell, who performed Wednesday’s surgery and is neurosurgery chair at University of Utah, said that he and his team need to monitor her brain functions before making any definitive prognosis can be made. Dr. Couldwell says that they frequently see this type of traumatic brain injury with car accident victims.

Burke reportedly fell during a practice run and was treated on the scene before being flown via helicopter to the University of Utah located in Salt Lake City.

Burke is considered a pioneer in freestyle skiing and was a major force in getting the ski halfpipe event added to the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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LegalView is saddened to hear about the loss of Christopher Hitchens. Hitches, sometimes called “The Hitch” was a staunch opponent of many things, most notably, organized religion. While many did not agree with his views, he did create a world-wide conversation among many about religion.

He wrote several best-selling books. The most well-known book he wrote called, The God Delusion, took a hardline against Christianity and was very controversial.

He died Thursday of pneumonia, a complication of the esophageal cancer he was diagnosed with earlier this year. He was only 62 years-old.