A person was injured Sunday when the chair he was on indifferent from the chairlift and fell to the bottom at Attitash Mountain Resort in New Hampshire.
Emergency personnel had been referred to as to the ski mountain on Route 302 in Bartlett round 12:15 p.m. Sunday for a report {that a} chair had indifferent from a chairlift and fallen to the bottom, the State Hearth Marshal’s Workplace stated. It was additionally reported that one particular person was on the chair on the time of the incident and was injured.
Tramway inspectors with the hearth marshal’s workplace responded and decided that an grownup male was within the chair when it dislodged from the Flying Bear raise and fell about 20 toes. In line with witnesses, the person was aware and strolling after the autumn. He was assisted by ski patrol and brought to an space hospital with what officers stated had been non-life-threatening accidents.
Based mostly on the preliminary investigation, the hearth marshal’s workplace stated it seems a mechanical failure triggered one of many chairs to dislodge from the cable. The producer of the raise has been contacted and is responding to the ski resort to help within the investigation.
No different accidents had been reported. All the different passengers who had been on the raise on the time of the incident had been unloaded usually on the high.
The incident stays underneath investigation by the hearth marshal’s workplace and the Passenger Tramway Security Board. The raise is closed whereas their investigation continues.
