An 8-year-old girl was injured on Wednesday when she fell 25-feet from a chairlift at Sugarloaf ski resort in Maine.
It appears the girl, with her mother, did not fully get on the chairlift and ended up dangling from the seat.
The liftie stopped the chair and brought out the catch mat to break the girl’s fall.
Upon falling, the girl was conscious but was complaining of back pain.
Been there and done that I had it happen twice in one night when I was lift maint..