US EditionAustralian woman dies after becoming snagged in ski lift in Japan
The Tsugaike Gondola Lift has been suspended indefinitely after a 22-year-old Australian snowboarder died from cardiac arrest caused by her backpack snagging the lift.
- On Feb 2, Nagano police confirmed Brooke Day, a 22-year-old Australian snowboarder, died after her backpack caught on a ski lift at Tsugaike Mountain Resort on Jan 30 around 9am.
- While attempting to disembark, a waist-buckle on her backpack became hooked to the lift chair, and because the chest strap was fastened, the backpack could not detach, causing her to be dragged, according to Tsugaike Gondola Lift Co.
- An attendant pressed the emergency stop and staff halted the two-person Tsuga No.2 Pair Lift, a fixed-grip chairlift travelling about 2.5 metres per second with capacity of about 1000 people per hour.
- Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed consular assistance is being provided, and Tsugaike Gondola Lift Co. said it is cooperating with police and will take safety measures, Kubo said.
- Investigators are questioning resort staff and local police investigators are reviewing security-camera footage as safety reviews unfold in Japan's snow-sports sector.
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Australian woman dies after caught in Japan ski lift
TOKYO: An Australian woman died after her backpack caught on a ski lift on a Japanese mountain and she became suspended mid-air, police said Monday (Feb 2).The 22-year-old woman was preparing to get off the lift on Friday morning at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Hakuba Valley, a popular ski destination in the c
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