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Boy, 8, Airlifted After 30-Foot Fall From Sierra-at-Tahoe Chairlift

The Grandview lift resumed service after a brief hold, with injury details still unreleased.

Skiiers and snowboarders at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort in Twin Bridges, Calif. on April 2, 2019. An 8-year-old boy was airlifted to a Reno hospital Sunday after falling about 30 feet from a chairlift at the ski resort, according to local media reports.
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A file photo of moderate snow falls over the slopes at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort in Twin Bridges, Calif. Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Overview

  • The Lake Valley Fire Protection District said the fall occurred around 1:20 p.m. Sunday on the Grandview chairlift at Sierra-at-Tahoe in Twin Bridges, California.
  • Ski patrol provided first aid and moved the child to a landing zone, where CALSTAR air medical crews flew him to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, according to Fire Chief John McNamara.
  • Sierra-at-Tahoe placed the Grandview chair on a temporary hold and later announced the lift had reopened the same day.
  • Authorities have not released the child's condition or the cause of the fall as of the latest reports.
  • A resort spokesperson told South Tahoe Now the fall happened near the lift's top terminal.