Man dies in fall off Lake Tahoe ski-area chairlift

Authorities in Nevada say a 51-year-old man has died and his wife injured when he fell from a chairlift in the Heavenly Ski Area. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office says the man fell from the Tamarack Express Chair and down a mountain in the area Monday afternoon. It was not immediately known how far he fell.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the fall but say preliminary findings show equipment malfunction with the chairlift. The Reno Gazette-Journal identified the man as Mark Alan Dickson, most recently of Glendora, Calif. It says his wife, 47-year-old Rebecca Gonzaga, suffered non-life threatening injuries.