A scary accident at Kicking Horse Resort Near Golden, British Columbia occurred this morning when a gondola on the Golden Eagle Express of the station fell on the ground while several people were inside.
In a press release on its website, the owners of the ski resort, the seaside resorts of the Canadian rocky, said that the incident had occurred at 9:20 am and that the station’s patrol team and the first stakeholders were quickly sent to the scene.
Many photos published on social networks show a gondola car located on the side near the base of the elevator and a crowd of people gathered around him.
A car from the Golden Eagle Express gondola is seen lying on the ground with rescue teams and other skiers gathered after the car was detapined and fell to the ground early Monday morning.
Facebook: Geoff Colnutt
Skier Geoff Colenut said he had just arrived for a day of skiing when the accident occurred.
Colnut says he spoke to a few people who were in the gondola when he fell. Fortunately, they only had minor injuries and were in a good mood.
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Another skier, Ryan Nichols, who was in another gondola stopped further on the mountain, said that the rescue teams had also been called to help people out of other gondolas who were suspended above the ski slope – with some people who need to be saved by helicopter.
Nichols, who was already waiting for almost four hours to be rescued when he spoke to Global News, said: “We can watch them climb on the gondolas below us and lower people with the gondola rope. We are good means on the ground, like probably more than 100 feet (30 meters) – we hope to get a Heli -Evac. »»
With kind permission: Ryan Nichols
The rescue teams were called to help skiers and snowboarders from the Gondole Golden Eagle Express after one of the elevator’s cars fell to the ground on Monday morning.
RCR confirmed that mountain maintenance and safety teams were working to unload other passengers.
The complex said that the complex will be closed for the rest of the day and that an inspection is underway to determine the cause of the accident.
Resorts of Canadian Rockies An investigation is underway after a car fell from the Gondole Golden Eagle Express at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort near Golden, British Columbia, Monday morning when there were passengers inside.
With kind permission: Geoff Colnutt
The Kicking Horse website indicates that each cabin on the gondola can transport up to eight people on a 3,400 -meter ride that takes 12 minutes.
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