Courtesy WCSH-TV (Channel 6) By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff 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 ... Read more

COUDERSPORT, Pa. – January 18, 2010 — A 12-year-old boy has died of injuries suffered in a sledding accident at a ski resort in north-central Pennsylvania.    Potter County Coroner Kevin Dusenbury says Ian Miller, of Pottstown, was hurt when his plastic, saucer-shaped sled hit a metal ski lift tower shortly after 11 p.m. Friday. ... Read more

Posted December 18, 2009 By: channel3000.com   MERRIMAC, Wis. — Fourteen people were hurt after a ski lift accident at the Devil’s Head resort near the Town of Merrimac on Thursday night.   The Sauk County Sheriff’s Department said that the state Department of Commerce has taken over an investigation into a malfunctioning chair lift ... Read more

Posted December 11, 2009 By Boston.com   The state’s highest court has upheld workers’ compensation coverage for a Peabody High School teacher who was injured in a skiing accident on a field trip.   The Supreme Judicial Court, in a four-page decision written by Justice Judith Cowin, says it concluded that a teacher acting as ... Read more