Montag's Stepbrother Dies In Freak Accident

The stepbrother of The Hills star Heidi Montag has died in an accident at the Colorado hotel where he was employed - one month after he was discharged from the U.s. Army.

Eric O'Hara, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division which fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, slipped on an icy roof and fell to his death on Thursday, reports TMZ.com.

The 24-year-old had been removing snow from the rooftop of the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and had unclipped his safety hold to move along the roof when a piece of ice broke, causing him to fall.

Montag's father Bill is married to O'Hara's mother Terri.