This one was sent via e-mail today. Not too stoked on this.
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Six Injured as Ski Lift Derails at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine
2010-12-28 17:36:07.930 GMT
By Christopher Condon
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Six skiers were injured when their
chairlift derailed at Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine’s second-highest
peak, causing them to drop as much as 30 feet to the ground.
The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the Spillway
East lift, according to a statement posted on the resort’s
website today.
All injured have been treated and are being
transported to local hospitals.
Five chairs on the lift fell to the ground in the accident,
and skiers riding on the remaining chairs were stranded when the
lift halted. A similar accident in the Swiss resort of
Grindelwald three years ago left one person dead, after wind
gusts derailed a ski lift.
At the time of the accident there were an estimated 220
people on the lift, according to the statement. The 4,237-foot
mountain is in the midst of one of its busiest weeks of the ski
season, Ethan Austin, a spokesman for the ski resort, said in a
telephone interview.
The mountain has 54 miles of trails, according to its
website. Its lifts can carry 21,810 passengers per hour.
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Submitted by Oleh Czmola
