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Colorado Lift Closed While Fatal Fall is Investigated

Investigators were trying to determine Friday how a Texas woman fell to her death from a chairlift at a small Colorado ski resort, the first fatal fall in the state in over a decade. The 40-year-old woman’s two daughters were …

Wyoming Jury Finds No Liability Against Resort in 2009 Chairlift Spill

A Wyoming jury has ruled that Snow King Resort was not at fault for a 7-year-old’s 2009 tumble from a ski lift. The final judgment stated that Glenn and Leya Oswald would recover nothing from the case, and the couple …

Connecticut Teen Injured After Falling Off Ski Lift

Officials at a western Connecticut ski area say a 14-year-old high school student who was injured after falling about 20 feet off a ski lift didn’t use the lift’s safety bar. The teenager fell off a lift at the Mohawk …

Young Girl Falls From Ski Lift in Massachusetts

The owner of the Nashoba Valley Ski Area in Westford, Mass., says a 7-year-old girl was taken to a hospital after falling about 17 feet from a chairlift. Al Fletcher tells The Sun of Lowell the girl was conscious and …