Tuesday, December 28, 2010

High Wings Cause Unusual Damage

Several injured as chairs drop from Maine ski lift



CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – A chair lift has derailed on Maine's tallest ski mountain in high winds and injured several people who plummeted as far as 30 feet to the slope below.

Officials at the Sugarloaf resort say that there are about six injuries from Tuesday's accident and that patrols evacuated the lift.

Winds were about 40 mph at the time and there were about 220 people were on the lift.










http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101228/ap_on_re_us/us_ski_lift_accident

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