'No rhyme or reason' for ski fall PT0M21S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2y4iu 620 349 November 25, 2013 The driver and observer on the boat towing champion water skier Sarah Teelow are in shock following an accident that has left the 20-year-old fighting for her life. Teelow, who crashed during the Bridge to Bridge race on the Hawkesbury River at the weekend, was on life support at Royal North Shore Hospital on Monday night. Sarah Teelow. There have been six deaths caused by water ski accidents in Australia in the past five years, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show. Kristie Middleton, the chief executive of Ski Racing Australia, would not speculate on what caused the accident. "The area in which the fall occurred was in open water," she said.