About thirty people were injured this Saturday by a mechanical problem on a chairlift in the Astún ski resort (Huesca). Nine are very serious and eight are serious. As reported by the Government of Aragon, Four rescue helicopters and ten ambulances have been activatedand area hospitals have been alerted to receive injured people.
From the facilities “the alert was activated that there was a mechanical problem in the chairlift towline.”
Locator of the accident area.MARTINA GIL
The event occurred early in the day on the slopes of Canal Roya, where Dozens of skiers are still hanging on the chairlift. Five Basic Life Support units from Navarra have also arrived at the scene, in addition to psychologists to assist victims and users of the winter complex.
-The injured are arriving at the Jaca Hospital and a hospital has been set up. Family care phone number: 976715980. After the accident, the special emergency plan was also activated in the hospitals of Huesca and Zaragoza.
The president of Aragón, Jorge Azcón, who was in Formigal with the Minister of Finance, Roberto Bermúdez de Castro, reported that he has traveled to Astún to find out in person about the situation of those affected. Likewise, he indicated on his social networks that “all necessary services” of the Executive work “to care for the affected and injured people.”
