Article 738TH Australian snowboarder dies in ski lift accident in Japan after her backpack was caught

Australian snowboarder dies in ski lift accident in Japan after her backpack was caught

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Woman, 22, thought to have suffered a cardiac arrest after being dragged along the snow and suspended mid-air

An Australian woman has died after a ski lift accident in a Japanese resort after her backpack got caught and she was left hanging mid-air.

The 22-year-old snowboarder sustained critical injuries at the Tsugaike ski resort in Otari near Nagano on Friday.

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