NAGANO, Japan: An Australian snowboarder who died in an accident at a ski resort in Nagano prefecture in January was pulled along about 17m on a ski lift while in midair before it was finally brought to an emergency stop, it has been learnt.
The operator of Tsugaike Mountain Resort in the village of Otari, where the accident occurred on Jan 30, immediately reported the information after the accident, according to the regional bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry.
