Overview
- The family confirmed the death in a statement released by CHEO and said some of the girl's organs were donated, thanking those who tried to save her.
- The Feb. 11 incident occurred during a school trip to Centre Vorlage near Wakefield, Que., when her hoodie became tangled in a chairlift’s pull device.
- Adults could not free her at the top and the chair was returned to the base, where two doctors performed CPR before she was taken to Wakefield Hospital and transferred to CHEO.
- Police have opened an investigation and the Régie du bâtiment du Québec will examine whether a mechanical issue contributed.
- Centre Vorlage expressed condolences and cooperation with authorities, kept the hill closed, and announced its restaurant would open Monday followed by a light reopening Tuesday; the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has suspended ski trips involving chairlifts.