VIDEO: Terrifying footage of an out of control chairlift will make you never want to ski again

| March 16, 2018 in Must See Video

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If you’re heading up to the hill this weekend, don’t watch this video.

You’ve been warned.

Multiple people were injured at a Georgian ski resort this week when a chairlift went rogue.

According to Russian newspaper Pravda Report, an operator accidentally shifted the chairlift into reverse, which caused it to malfunction and pick up speed.

Unsuspecting passengers started speeding towards the bottom of the lift, where many of them were flung a great distance as the individual chairs swung around the base of the lift.

Some panicked skiers and snowboarders attempt to jump off the chairs before they reach the bottom, leaving piles of bodies, skis and poles all over the mountain.

As the chairs reach the bottom, they begin to pile up near the operating booth and it even appears that one person was trapped underneath.

Throughout the video, screaming onlookers frantically try to stop the lift, with no success.

Eight people were sent to hospital following the incident, according to Pravda Report, but thankfully there were no life-threatening injuries.

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