Authorities have identified the 29-year-old male employee, who was a ski patroller at Park City Mountain resort and died when a tree fell onto a ski lift, as Millcreek resident Christian Helger.
“In my 19-plus years in law enforcement, I’ve never heard something like this happening, at least here in Summit County,” said Capt. Andrew Wright with county sheriff’s office.
“A large pine tree fell onto the chair lift itself, the cable,” Wright explained, “which caused some oscillating of the chair itself.” Vail Resorts spokesperson Sara Huey said company policy requires employees to restrain themselves by lowering the safety bar when riding a chair lift. Wright said investigators are trying to determine if the bar was down in Monday’s accident.
“Ski lifts should have a 5-foot clearance around them when they’re operating from vegetation, tree branches, trees, anything of that sort,” Miles said Tuesday.
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