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Sugarloaf Maine Ski Lift Injuries - Six people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a chairlift accident this morning at the Sugarloaf Mountain ski resort in Maine, the resort said in a statement. The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m. when the Spillway East chairlift derailed from the lift's eighth tower. Five chairs on the lift fell 25 to 30 feet to the ground, the resort said. The injured skiers were treated and were being transported to a local hospital. At the time of the accident, there were 220 people dangling on the lift in the frigid winds. The ski patrol responded to the resort and evacuated the people from the lift, the resort said in a statement at 1 p.m. Sugarloaf Maine Ski Lift Injuries The resort said the cause of the incident was under investigation. Nineteen-year-old Kaitlyn Dingley arrived at the scene of the incident minutes before Sugarloaf’s ski patrol, although she didn’t see it happen. Dingley, a 2009 graduate of Carrabassett Valley Acad...