Falls on a glacier at Tignes ski lift. Some minor injuries

skilift Rosolin a Tignes
France

Falls on a glacier at Tignes ski lift. Some minor injuries

Tragedy avoided by a whisker on the Grande Motte glacier at Tignes Val'' s Isere in the Haute Savoie, who had re-opened on 23 June for summer skiing.'' The accident occurred Wednesday, June 27th at 9:15. For reasons that remain to be determined on the ski lift cable Rosolin crashed to the ground by dragging with them the necessary winding blocks the movement of the ski lift.

After the fall were present on the track surrounding some skiers, 7 were injured including 6 children aged between 10 and 13 years. They remedied the bruising to shoulders, arms and neck and underwent treatment at the emergency on the track, before being repatriated by cable car and transported in the doctor's office for questioning.
On site are attended services Safety in the mountains of Haute Savoie'' with'' the police helicopter and Modane, which have now been in charge of the investigation'' that'' will determine the causes of the accident. According to the first hypothesis, the derailment may have been caused by a mechanical failure or an inadequate behavior of skiers who were doing the slalom during the ascent, a behavior as shown in all the stations can cause problems to the wires. Some witnesses were interviewed to better understand the circumstances of the accident''.

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