Ski-lift mishap
NZPA-AP Dillon, Colorado A chairlift cable at a ski resort jolted violently yesterday, injuring scores of people, nine critically, throwing some skiers as far as 12.5- metres to the ground. As many as 50 people were injured in the accident, said Keystone Resort’s communications director, Lillian Ross. “A giant wheel at the top of the teller-lift holding and turning the cable fell out of position, dropping 2.5 metres to 3.10 metres,” said
a skier who saw the accident. “The jerk along the cable was so forceful that in some cases it broke the backs of some of the chairs carrying skiers. “Nobody realised the implications of having a wheel fall like that. Then people began to realise that this was really a serious accident. It was deadly quiet.” Along the triple chairlift some skiers still clung to their seats while ski patrol members and resort workers attended those who had fallen.
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