Skiers at Sugarloaf had a big scare over the weekend as the King Pine chairlift malfunctioned and started going backward down the mountain. Here's some dramatic footage captured by skiers.

The raw footage is riveting. Here are a couple videos showing it as it happened.

Here's another one close to the lift - one person jumps and others are holding on tight.

Several were injured and taken to the hospital. Many news sources picked up the story and have some compelling eye witness accounts of what happened.

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