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Skiers fall from chairlift at Maine resort

December 28th, 2010

11:20 AM ET

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Several people were injured Tuesday when a gust of wind sent skiers tumbling off a chairlift at a ski resort on Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine.

 

CNN Newsource employee Rob Atkinson was among about 100 skiers stranded on the chairlift 30 to 40 feet off the ground after the accident. At least three people were injured, he said.

 

"We heard screams from skiers down below that skiers were off the lift, and we've been trapped ever since," he told CNN's Tony Harris.

 

Skiers would have to climb down one at a time using harnesses and ropes, Atkinson said.

 

"We've got a whole lot of people throwing ropes over the lift right now," Atkinson's wife, Maureen, said.

 

Rob Atkinson said the temperature was about 8 degrees with a 20 mph to 30 mph wind. The resort received 20-22 inches of fresh snow with the weekend blizzard, he said.

 

A spokesman for the ski resort said the lift cable derailed from a pulley, and all the chairs on that cable fell to the ground

 

 

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/28/skiers-fall-from-chairlift-at-maine-resort/?hpt=T2

Edited December 28, 2010 by BMTROUBLEMAKER

[Shadows]

sounds like the whole cable fell off the tower? so, no catches on the sides of the pulleys? wtf. thats not even legal. the whole line from tower to tower came down? that doesnt make sense, the whole line wouldve had to come down

wheres the lawyers lol

Edited December 28, 2010 by Over_It

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[toast21602]

holy shit. that sucks. scary as hell.