Briton badly injured by ski chairlift

A British teenager is in a critical condition after he was left hanging from a chairlift during a school ski trip to the Alps, police said.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Feb 2011, 06:00 BST

The 14-year-old found himself suspended by his own clothing after he failed to free himself from a metal seat in the Portes du Soleil on Wednesday afternoon.

He was resuscitated by a rescue team as holiday-makers looked on in horror from the slopes below.

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The youngster, who has not been named, was skiing with classmates in the resort of Chatel, when he took the Echo des Montagnes chairlift at about 1pm.

Local police said he was unable to get off his seat for some unknown reason and remained on the lift as it went back down the mountain.

Moments later he fell towards the piste.

Emergency crews treated him at the scene before he was airlifted to hospital in Annecy.

Local police have now launched an investigation to find out how the youngster became caught on the chairlift .