US EditionSki lift 'collapses' in Spain leaving several people injured
- At least 30 people were injured in a ski lift accident at the Spanish resort of Astun in the Pyrenees mountain range, emergency services for Spain's northern Aragon region said Saturday.
- Regional emergency services reported that 10 people needed to be treated in hospitals, including two who were seriously injured.
- Fernando Beltran, a representative of Spain's government in Aragon, posted on X that 'all the skiers affected by the accident' have been evacuated and those who were injured were receiving medical treatment.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed he was 'shocked' by the news of the accident, showing closeness to the injured and their families.
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Spanish winter sports area reopens after ski lift accident
The Astún winter sports area in Spain, where a ski lift accident occurred yesterday, is open again. This was reported by the Spanish RTVE. Two 18-year-old women were seriously injured in the ski lift incident. A total of thirty people were injured. The accident occurred yesterday around noon in the winter sports area in the Pyrenees in the north of Spain. How exactly the accident could have happened is still unclear. A lift cable is said to have…
Ski tourers had to be rescued during the night
A 37-year-old woman from Salzburg lost her skis in a foehn storm on a tour on the Hochkönig. She and her companion had already set up a bivouac when mountain rescuers found them and brought them safely to the valley. Two ski tourers who wanted to reach the summit of the Hochkönig triggered an extensive search operation by the mountain rescue service on Saturday evening. A 37-year-old woman from Salzburg and a 38-year-old man from Lower Austria h…
Two teenagers in intensive care after Spain ski lift collapse
The ski lift collapse left at least 30 people injured at the resort of Astún, in the Pyrenees mountain range Read More The post Two teenagers in intensive care after Spain ski lift collapse appeared first on Drudge Report.
Astún station reopens with the exception of the Canal Roya chairlift, where the Civil Guard investigates the causes of the accident
The trigger was the loss of tension from the chairlift cable, which caused a pull that brought some chairs to the ground while others swayed.At least 30 of them were seriously injured, two of them were seriously injured, after a chairlift fell in the ski resort of Astún.The ski resort of Astún has reopened this Sunday after the accident that occurred this Saturday at the Canal Roya chairlift that caused ten injuries, the most serious two 18-year…
Two 18-year-old Spanish women in intensive care after ski lift accident
Fears for serious injuries after ski lift accident in Astún in the Pyrenees. Some people fell 15 meters when the structure partially collapsed. The exact cause of the accident is still being investigated, the ski station is back in operation.
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