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What I find crazy is how many lifts in Colorado have no safety bars. Loveland lifts do not have them, A Basin Pali lift does not have any, some at Eldora do not have them. Gets a little freaky when the lift stops and the chair swings back and forth.
Any details as to what happened?
Really surprised more people don't fall off, especially little kids.
What I find crazy is how many lifts in Colorado have no safety bars. Loveland lifts do not have them, A Basin Pali lift does not have any, some at Eldora do not have them. Gets a little freaky when the lift stops and the chair swings back and forth.
In any case sad to see this especially at a small ski area. This type of death does not occur often in fact 12 since 1973 across the country.
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We should ban the poster instead then!!!![emoji33]Tried. Can't on the app.
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The witness, Allen McGirl from Greeley, who was three chairs back from the family, wrote on Facebook: 'I am so sad to have witnessed the 3 people fall off the chair lift at Granby Ranch this morning.
'If only the mother would have lowered the safety bar, this would not have happened.
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He continued: 'I was three chairs back and saw everything and was warning my group I was with.
'Terrifying. Warning about the swaying side to side. No other chairs were swinging like that.
'The bar hit the sign on the pole and they dropped out. I can't get out of my head watching that moment and cpr for 5 to 10 min.'
What I find crazy is how many lifts in Colorado have no safety bars.