“Orange Is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan and her ex-husband, journalist Christopher Noxon, have spoken out in the aftermath of their 20-year-old son’s tragic death following a ski accident in Park City, Utah.

“Our hearts are shattered. Our dear boy Charlie Noxon died on New Year’s Eve on a ski slope in Park City,” the pair said in a statement released obtained by Page Six. “The cliches about moments like this are true, it turns out. The one about life forever changing in a split second, about the fact that we are all bound up in a web of love and loss, about the primacy of community in times of unfathomable tragedy.”

They described their son as “questioning, irreverent, curious and kind,” and said of his death: “There are no words. But words are what we’ve got right now, along with tears and hugs and massive quantities of baked goods and deli platters.”

“Charlie had a beautiful life of study and argument and travel and food and razzing and adventure and sweetness and most of all love,” the statement continued. “We cannot conceive of life without him.”

Kohan also posted a series of photos of Charlie on her Instagram Friday morning as a heartfelt tribute to her late son.

“He was my best work. A list of adjectives don’t do him justice. There is no justice. I am the luckiest person who ever lived in that I got to spend so much time and help grow this brilliant, funny, truly kind and thoughtful person-man-boy,” she captioned the post. “My baby. My golden child. My beautiful boy. I don’t understand what life is now without him in the world. I don’t understand where he’s gone. And I’m broken. How is this real?”

Charlie had been skiing down an intermediate trail near Canyons Village when he hit a sign while attempting to navigate a fork in the trail. Park City ski patrol responded to the incident and Charlie was later pronounced dead.

A student at Columbia University, Charlie had been visiting Park City with his father and two siblings.

A memorial service for Charlie is scheduled to take place at the Temple Israel of Hollywood on Sunday, Jan. 5.