3 Hurt in Minnesota chairlift accident

A chairlift carrying three skiers broke at a Minnesota ski resort Saturday, sending the chair plunging about 30 feet and injuring the skiers, police said. Wabasha police said all three men were found conscious and breathing when reached on the slope of Coffee Mill Ski and Snowboard Resort, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The men's names were not available. Austin's KAAL-TV reported police said the chair detached from a cable about 1 p.m. Police said one victim was airlifted to a hospital in Rochester and another was driven there by ambulance. The third was taken to a Wabasha hospital.