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Woman dies in Japan ski lift accident

February 3, 2026 9:22 am in by
Hakuba ski field in Japan. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

The parents of a Sunshine Coast woman have flown to Japan following the death of their 22 year-old daughter.

Brooke Day died after her backpack got caught in a ski lift at a resort in Nagano prefecture.

She was reportedly dragged along the snow and left dangling in the air.

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She was rushed to hospital but died from a cardiac arrest.

Her family is receiving consular assistance.

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