Teen dies after ski accident at Blue Mountain Resort

PALMERTON, Pa. (WTXF) - A New Jersey teenager has died after falling off a chair lift at a ski resort in eastern Pennsylvania.

Carbon County Coroner Robert Miller Jr. on Wednesday identified the victim as 17-year-old Connor Golembiewski of Flemington. Miller says the teen suffered multiple blunt force injuries after falling off a chair lift at Blue Mountain Resort near Palmerton.

Blue Mountain Resort spokeswoman Tricia Matsko says the victim was injured around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. He was taken to Palmerton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Miller ruled the death an accident.