Verbier chairlift, where child fell Friday 13 April 2007 (photo, Valais police 2007)
Cantonal police, Valais, Switzerland, Fre - A seven-year-old child from Britain fell off a four-seat chairlift in Verbier Friday, suffering head injuries and stomach pains. He was taken by helicopter to the hospital in Sion. The boy was with three children and first reports were that they were unable to close the bar properly, but this version of the story is contested by Televerbier, which operates the lifts. The child fell from a height of about eight metres, according to the police report, after riding the lift for 100 metres. A ski teacher and three other children were in the seat ahead of the foursome.
An English woman fell from the same "La Chaux 2" chairlift 25 December 2006 and suffered from compressed vertebrae. (continue reading)→