Teen snowboarder at Mammoth Mountain slips out of chair lift, falls to ground

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, Calif. (KABC) -- In a frightening infinitesimal caught connected video, a teen snowboarder fell retired of a seat assistance astatine Mammoth Mountain.

The incidental happened the greeting of Jan. 27. The 16-year-old miss is seen astatine archetypal dangling down from the seat lift, being held by the different assistance riders who were seemingly incapable to propulsion her backmost up.

She dangled determination for respective minutes arsenic skis assistance employees responded with a nett to assistance cushion her fall. Eventually she is seen falling down.

"Five Mammoth Mountain employees and 8 guests instantly responded and positioned the deceleration nett nether the guest," the upland operators said successful a written statement.

"When the impermanent slipped from the grasp of her seat mates, the nett decelerated her fall, but did not halt it. The impermanent was transported to Mammoth Hospital for evaluation. Our thoughts are with the impermanent and her family."

An update connected the teen's information was not instantly available.