National Guard Airman Dies in Snowboarding Fall at NJ Mall

Airman First Class Peter R. Mathews while serving as a crew chief assigned to the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in Maryland in a photo provided on Jan. 13, 2020. Maryland Air National Guard Public Affairs Office via AP

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—A man who was serving in the Air National Guard died after he fell while snowboarding at an indoor ski park inside a New Jersey mall, officials and family members said.

Peter Mathews, 24, of Bay Shore on New York’s Long Island, fell Dec. 8 as he snowboarded at the Big Snow American Dream, which is within the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, his family told Newsday.