"He was taking the Tremol 1 chair lift down to the valley from his workplace, Baita Arneri, when a gust of wind lifted the safety net below the chair. The safety net became entangled on Baronio's foot, dragging him from the chair. The chairlift stopped immediately, but the cook was dragged, and his windbreaker got tangled on the lift rope."
"Baronio hung suspended from a lift cable held only by his jacket. He tried to hang on to the cable with his hands, but exhaustion, coupled with strong winds, caused him to lose grip and fall to the ground. Unfortunately, there was no snow below the desperate victim, and he hit the concrete base of the penultimate lift pylon. The man suffered multiple fractures and internal trauma."
"Due to the wind, the helicopter could not fly to the site of the accident, and he had to be taken by ambulance to the heli-pad in Castaldia, from where he was flown to the hospital in Udine. The 32-year-old is currently hospitalized in intensive care and his condition is serious but not life-threatening. He suffered trauma to his chest, pelvis, and legs. He had surgeries that night and faces several more surgeries."
A gust of wind lifted the safety net under a Tremol 1 chairlift at Piancavallo Ski Resort on December 24, entangling 32-year-old cook Mattia Baronio's foot and dragging him from the chair. His windbreaker became caught on the lift rope, leaving him suspended by his jacket until he lost his grip and fell onto the concrete base of a lift pylon. He suffered multiple fractures and internal trauma to his chest, pelvis, and legs. Wind prevented immediate air rescue; he was transported by ambulance to a heli-pad and flown to Udine for surgery. Investigators seized the net and chair and opened an official probe.
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