Ski lift malfunction injures 9 at Maine resort

More than 200 bodies were trapped and nine were afflicted Tuesday back a ski lift bankrupt bottomward at Sugarloaf Ski Resort in Maine, causing several lift riders to abatement to the ground, a resort administrator said.Ethan Austin, a agent for the resort, said the derailment on one belfry of the Spillway East lift happened about 10:30 a.m. ET, back lift's cable skipped over the bend of a pulley. Five of the lift's chairs fell 25 to 30 anxiety and hit the ground, he said.Austin after told CNN the accomplishment operation was complete about noon.Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Maine, was alleviative eight patients, according to backer Jill Gray. She could not accommodate the attributes of the injuries or the altitude of the patients. A ninth being originally was taken by ambulance to Franklin Memorial, but that being had to be taken by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland, Gray said.Robb Atkinson, a CNN agent who initially was trapped on the lift, said he saw skiers abatement from the lift back it came to an brusque stop during aerial winds.I acquainted a jerk, said Atkinson, who was benumbed the lift with his wife.