Excalibur Gondola Incident
Excalibur Gondola Incident
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Ten people have been injured after skiers and snowboarders were evacuated Tuesday from gondolas that tumbled when a support tower at 2010 Olympic site Whistler-Blackcomb snapped in half.
None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening, said Whistler RCMP Sgt. Steve Wright.
More than 50 stranded skiers and snowboarders at the resort were rescued. The evacuation took several hours on one of the coldest days this season.
The accident happened on the Excalibur Gondola, which carries skiers to the top of Blackcomb Mountain from Whistler Village, which is cohosting the 2010 Winter Olympics along with Vancouver.