Five children injured as ski chairlift plummets
By Kaye Nicolson and Andrew Youngson
Published: 13/02/2013
FIVE children were injured yesterday after plummeting 20ft when a chairlift derailed at a north-east ski slope.
An adult was also hurt and 30 others were left stranded on the lift at the Lecht Ski Centre, near Tomintoul, for around an hour-and-a-half.
A rescue operation was launched by police, mountain rescue teams and fire crews after the incident at 3.25pm yesterday.
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