A ski lift accident at Devil's Head resort near the Town of Merrimac, Wisconsin recently left several riders injured.
The chair lift, which was reportedly full of passengers, allegedly stopped and began going backward at a high rate of speed. Some riders jumped off their seats, sustaining injuries and requiring emergency crews.
Local hospital staff reportedly treated 14 people for injuries in connection with the incident, with two seriously injured enough to be kept overnight for observation, including one with an ankle fracture.
State safety regulations require all ski chair lifts to be inspected at least once a year. The lifts at Devil's Head had been inspected just the month before, with no issues reported. Reports say experts feel the several layers of braking systems required by state regulations - should prevent rollbacks, and that particular system at Cascade Mountain had never had a brake failure.
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