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Old March 3rd 09, 11:03 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
Colin Irvine[_4_]
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Default Cervinia, lift accident last week?

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:46:34 -0000, Steve Pardoe squeezed out the
following:

Hi,

We were in Cervinia last week and saw a heli-evac right by the Plan Maison
chairlift (about Thursday IIRC). We were told that a man (thought to be a
Brit) and his child had fallen from the chair onto hard-packed piste,
receiving serious injuries, after a gust caught their chair.


I wonder if they'd lifted the safety bar too early - which most people
do.

I didn't like the sound of the chairlift accident in the Sierra Nevada
either.

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Colin Irvine
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