I want to thank everyone for their reviews, I'm glad people enjoyed to read it. I can't say it was fun to write about the early demise of Ben, but I liked how the story turned out myself.
Overall people seemed to have enjoyed the near-death scenes I added. I figured that everyone knew he was going do die, since that was the goal of the first labour, but I still wanted to give you all an unexpected death and that's why added them. It's great to see it worked out so well.

@CaughtInTheRiddle, you mentioned his death came over as a plot hole. Now that you mentioned it I get why you say that (even though I had to look up the term real quick), but that was unintentional. I looked for a way to kill him that came both as a surprise for Ben as for the reader, but still give it a viable explanation after it happened. In this case, Ben doesn't even know which one of the men that had been released from the clinic in the past she is talking about, nor when exactly he had been released. I could have explained that in more detail I suppose, but I kept my focus on Ben. So yeah, I'll keep that in mind and avoid possible plot holes in the future.
I understand why you say the aftermath was unneeded for the story, but, well, I needed it. I couldn't stop at 'he died.' so I didn't.
I'm really grateful for the 4.5/5 stars, thank you! 
Plus, I'm surprised you only found just 1 or 2 spelling mistakes. While I like to think I've become pretty good at writing in English, it's still a foreign language for me and there are still moments in which I have to grab a dictionary and look something up. Feel free to point out the spelling mistakes, I can only learn from that.

@PlatinumSkink, I have little else to say but thank you for your positive feedback, I'm glad you liked the story and that you liked the aftermath as well.

@mdk, a comma-infestation. Got it. I'll keep it in mind for future stories. That being your only complaint made me happy and I'm glad you reacted so positive to my story.

@Dark Wind, I'm glad you overall liked the story. 
The aftermath, like I metioned above, it's something I needed. I know that none of you know Ben or his family and friends, that is why I avoided going into detail with the aftermath and stuck with globally describing what happened, but I needed the closure in the story. For me it just wasn't complete without it.
I suppose there is a fine line between imagery and being repetitive and I have yet to find it. With only 1 out of 4 reviews mentioning this, I feel I at least did better with it then in the first writing competition, where it had been mentioned more often, but there's still some work to be done in that area. With the example you gave, I now see the second 'once more' was unneeded and it would have been better if I had added 'and he ploughed through it' in the first sentence. Mentioning he reached another fully covered road didn't seem unneeded to me. Ben could have reached the clinic by following all snow-free roads ever since he left the first snow-covered road behind him. So in the example I felt it was needed to mention it and not leave it up to the reader's imagination, but I could be wrong there. I'm grateful you pointed it out though and I'll certainly keep an eye on not getting repetitive with the scenery in the future.

@Holmishire, I'm glad you enjoyed the story.