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25 skiers fall when lift malfunctions at Timberline ski resort in Tucker County, West Virginia

Modified Date: 
Sat, 02/20/2016 - 2:10pm
Accident Date: 
Saturday, February 20, 2016

Ski lift malfunctions at Tucker County resort

Sandy Green, chief of the Canaan Valley volunteer fire department, said a lift at the Timberline ski resort in Tucker County suffered a mechanical failure Saturday morning. Green says he was told 25 people had fallen off the lift and 100 people were stranded when it failed.

Ski lift accident in W. Virginia leaves several stranded, 2 injured

A mechanical failure around 9 a.m. on the “Thunderstruck” triple chairlift caused the cables to drop, Timberline officials said in a statement. The resort was subsequently shut down.
Officials say nine people were evaluated. Two people with non-life threatening injuries were taken to a local hospital.
Type: Other Type of Accident
County: 
Tucker County, WV
Area: 
Clarksburg-Weston, WV

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