Brooklyn woman dies after falling off ski lift
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New York State Police said Monday that a Brooklyn woman died after falling from a chair lift at a ski area in the Catskills.
Authorities tell local media that the 44-year-old Brooklyn woman was on a lift at Hunter Mountain in Greene County when she fell off around 2:15 p.m. Sunday.
The Albany Times-Union reported that the woman was alone on the three-seated chair and the chair began to rock. She reportedly got a ski caught in a pole along the ride and fell to the ground.
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Troopers say she died at the scene. An autopsy was scheduled Monday.
No other information has been released.
The accident is under investigation.
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Hunter Mountain is located in the town of Hunter, in the northern Catskill Mountains 40 miles southwest of Albany.
The Associated Press contributed to this report