Two teenage skiers remained in intensive care yesterday after part of a ski lift they were riding on collapsed. Dozens of skiers were initially thought to have been injured in Saturday's incident at Spain's Astún Ski Resort, however that number has since been downgraded to 10.
According to Miguel Angel Clavero, Director General of Emergencies of the Government of Aragon, the accident on the Canal Roya was caused when a pulley failure caused a cable to break at around 11:30 a.m. A subsequent jolt caused the chairlifts to start bouncing around, turning several upside down, and an unknown number of skiers fell to the ground from the chairlift which is up to 50 feet high in parts.
