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Malfunctioning Ski Lift Strands 100 In West Virginia

DAVIS, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities say a ski lift malfunctioned at a resort in West Virginia, temporarily stranding about 100 skiers and injuring two of them.

Sandy Green, chief of the Canaan Valley volunteer fire department, said a lift at the Timberline ski resort in Tucker County suffered a mechanical failure Saturday morning.

Green says he was told 25 people had fallen off the lift and 100 people were stranded when it failed.

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Crews responded to the scene and found two people had suffered minor injuries.

The stranded skiers were taken off the lift.

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