Father and 2 Kids Seriously Injured as Chairlift Detaches and Falls at Camelback Mountain Resort, PA

SnowBrains | | Post Tag for Industry NewsIndustry News
camelback mountain resort, Pennsylvania, Sullivan express,
Patrollers attend to the injured. Credit: Reddit

A loaded chair detached from the haul rope and plummeted 30-feet to the ground at Camelback Resort, PA yesterday, seriously injuring the father and his two kids riding it.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by SkiCamelsack (@skicamelsack)

Liftblog reports that around 3:40 pm, a forty-year-old male, a twelve-year-old male, and a nine-year-old female were on the chairlift when it fell to the ground. Comments both on the Liftblog post, and in various Reddit forums from eyewitnesses, claim the weather was calm, no wind, and there was no ‘horseplay’ involved. This leaves a ‘catastrophic grip failure’ or lifty error as the possible reasons for the accident. Another witness claims the chairlift jerked forward, causing the chair to hit a lift tower and detach.

@antonjaku3##cambelbackmountain ##foryoupage ##sking ##lift ##fall ##pennsylvaniacheck ##fypã‚· ##for ##your ##page sad 3 people injured while I was sking left fell 🙏♬ original sound – Anton Jaku

One of those eyewitnesses told ABC 6 News:

“And we saw that family, the two kids were here and the dad was here, and (their chair) started really going bad and it went up almost vertical and they popped right off. The chair fell and I saw a dad reach for his kids and just grabbed his kids.”

The entire west side of the resort shut down for the rest of the day.

camelback mountain resort, Pennsylvania, Sullivan express,
Credit: Liftblog
camelback mountain resort, Pennsylvania, Sullivan express,
Credit: Liftblog
Credit: Liftblog
camelback mountain, Pennsylvania, Sullivan express
Sullivan Express at Camelback Mountain Resort, PA

Related Articles

4 thoughts on “Father and 2 Kids Seriously Injured as Chairlift Detaches and Falls at Camelback Mountain Resort, PA

  1. For example, if engineers can create a method of profiting from their processes or older technology by licensing it with other richmond property Management companies (http://Www.Masonre.Com.au/), then the best way
    to accomplish this would be to have the patent for the said process or technology.

    If you only own a few properties you’ll only hire a company when you won’t have enough income to support an employee’s salary.

    They are fully built-into the home market and thus is going to be kept up-to-date with any changes that occur.

Got an opinion? Let us know...