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Occupied Chairlift Falls from Cable At Thredbo
A chairlift carrying one skier dislodged from its cable at Australia’s Thredbo Resort on Monday. According to local news reports and a statement from Thredbo’s Instagram account, a gust of wind caught the chair, flipping it and causing it to detach from the cable. The skier fell several meters and sustained minor bruising. No other injuries were reported.
An independent safety watchdog group stepped in to assess the accident, and concluded that it was an isolated incident related to 70 mph winds reported in the area. A severe weather warning has been issued for the area’s mountains, with high winds still in the forecast.
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Thredbo has experienced several large storms recently, receiving over 33 inches of snow last week from Antarctic storms that battered the continent.
