"An Australian woman has died after a ski lift accident in a Japanese resort after her backpack got caught and she was left hanging mid-air. Japanese news agency Kyodo said police had identified the snowboarder as 22-year-old Ella Day Brooke, who sustained critical injuries at the Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Otari near Nagano on Friday. An unfastened waist belt buckle on her backpack became hooked on the lift chair while a chest strap was still"
"The lift was stopped by an attendant who pressed an emergency button and the snowboarder was rushed to hospital after suffering what appeared to be a cardiac arrest. Australia's department of foreign affairs and trade said it was providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian who died in Japan. Photograph: Whitcombe-Japan/Alamy The Tsugaike Mountain Resort and Tsugaike Gondola Lift Co jointly apologised for the accident and said an investigation would be launched into the fatal incident."
A 22-year-old Australian snowboarder, Ella Day Brooke, sustained critical injuries and died after a backpack buckle became hooked on a ski lift at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Otari, Nagano. The waist belt buckle on her backpack caught the lift chair while a chest strap remained fastened, causing her to be dragged along the snow and left suspended mid-air. An attendant stopped the lift by pressing an emergency button and the snowboarder was rushed to hospital after an apparent cardiac arrest. The resort and gondola company apologised, pledged an investigation, and offered condolences. Australia's foreign affairs department is providing consular assistance to the family.
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