According to Park City Fire District spokesman Mike Owens, the young boy fell off the chairlift, just before the netting that prevents skiers from dropping onto Park Avenue as the chairlift crosses the street. Owens said the boy fell from about 15 feet and suffered a small laceration on his chin.
He said the boy and his father rode the lift for about 20 feet before the fall occurred. Owens said the child was transported to Primary Children’s Hospital with “minor injuries.”
A witness to the accident posted online that he saw the child fall onto Town Lift plaza just seconds after getting on the lift with his father. The father reportedly was unable to get the safety bar down before the child fell off…