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(CNN) โ Five skiers were transported to the hospital Monday after an โincidentโ on a chair lift at Heavenly ski resort in Lake Tahoe, according to Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Bryce Cranch.
The patientsโ conditions are not yet known.
The incident happened around 10 a.m. local time, and fire officials said they responded with two fire engines and three rescue ambulances.
Photos captured by a skier and shared with CNN show the aftermath of a collision between two chairs.
Travis Faanes told CNN that he was in the lift line for the Dipper Express chairlift when he heard someone yell out, โOh my God!โ
He said when he turned to his right, he saw people fall and hit the ground.
โThe chair slid backwards with people on it into the chair behind it,โ Faanes said. โThe people in the front chair fell off.โ
He added that this could have been worse.
โThey [are] lucky this happened at the very beginning of the lift,โ he said.
Brett Federico told CNN that he got there right after it happened.
Federico said he saw four sleds take people down the mountain after the incident, and that he saw one of the victims on oxygen as they went by.
๏ปฟโIt was not good at all,โ Federico said. โA malfunctioning chair has always been a nightmare of mine, and to witness it is even worse.โ
The resort is โinvestigatingโ the incident, and guestsโ safety is โtop priority,โ Communications Manager Cole Zimmerman told CNN.
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