Overview
- Brooke Day of Australia was fatally injured Friday at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Hakuba Valley after trying to disembark a fixed‑grip chairlift.
- The lift operator said a buckle on an unfastened waist belt of her backpack caught the chair, and because her chest strap was fastened she was dragged and left suspended.
- Staff hit the emergency stop and she was taken to hospital in cardiac arrest, where police said she died on Sunday.
- Her family said she had been wearing an Avalanche Rescue backpack during the incident and that they are receiving consular support from Australia’s DFAT.
- Tsugaike Gondola Lift Co. says it is cooperating with Nagano police, keeping the lift closed and preparing measures to prevent a recurrence.