Horror footage shows moment girl, 12, plunges nine metres from ski chairlift at Mammoth Mountain, California
Horrifying footage shows the moment a young snowboarder plunges nine metres off a ski chairlift.
Just days after Australian woman Brooke Day tragically died at a ski resort in Japan, shocking footage has emerged of a 12-year-old girl falling off a ski chairlift in California.
The horrifying incident took place on January 31, at Mammoth Mountain, California after the young girl was not properly secured in the chairlift.
The girl can be seen clutching onto someone’s hand as onlookers frantically pull out a safety net below.
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The girl can be seen lifting her head after the fall as shocked witnesses rush to check on her.
Influencer, Hello Kristen, posted the shocking footage to TikTok with the title, “PSA always put the bar down”.
“I wasn’t going to post this but I know so many people who argue with me about putting the bar down,” she captioned the post. “It’s mandatory in Europe and it should be here.”
The terrifying fall comes just days after Australian woman, Brooke Day, was tragically killed in a ski lift accident in Japan.
Ms Day was at the Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, when she got caught in the ski lift at around 9am on Friday.
It is believed her backpack had become entangled with a lift buckle as she attempted to get off the lift.
She was then dragged along the snow and then suspended mid-air as the lift kept moving, before staff managed to stop the lift.
Unfortunately, Ms Day died in hospital on Sunday due to her injuries.
In a statement to the media, Ms Day’s family said they were by her side when she “passed peacefully”.
Ms Day was an advanced snowboarder, they said, and was on her fourth extended snow season in Japan.
“We would like to thank her friends who rendered assistance in her time of need, and stayed with her until we arrived in Japan, as well as the staff at the Omachi General Hospital who did everything in their power to save her,” they said.
