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Teen falls from chairlift

A teenager was injured after falling out of a chairlift at Whistler Mountain over the weekend.

The fall was captured on video.

It shows the 14-year-old boy dangling from the Emerald Express Chair Saturday morning. A group of lift attendants run under him with a net to try to catch the boy.

He then drops.

The attendants seem to be partially successful, with the boy landing into the net but then hitting the snow hard after falling from about 10 metres.

The ski resort says the chairlift bar was not lowered.

The boy was taken to the Whistler Medical Centre with injuries.

– with files from CTV Vancouver



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