Overview
- The victim was identified as Brooke Day of Queensland, who died in hospital on Sunday after a Friday accident in Nagano Prefecture.
- Police and the operator said she was dragged by the chair and left hanging before a station employee activated an emergency stop.
- Kyodo reported that an unfastened waist buckle and a shoulder strap on her backpack became caught on the chair, leaving her entangled.
- Her family described her as an experienced snowboarder and said she had recently been using an avalanche airbag pack that became caught.
- The chairlift is closed as Tsugaike Gondola Lift Co. and Nagano police investigate, with Australian officials providing consular support and repatriation planned.