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Police: Brooklyn woman killed in fall from ski lift

(AP) -- An autopsy has determined the death of a New York City woman at a ski area in the Catskill Mountains was accidental and consistent with a fall. State Police say Olga Filkin of Brooklyn was

News 12 Staff

Dec 30, 2014, 3:51 AM

Updated 3,700 days ago

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(AP) -- An autopsy has determined the death of a New York City woman at a ski area in the Catskill Mountains was accidental and consistent with a fall.
State Police say Olga Filkin of Brooklyn was riding alone Sunday afternoon on a chair lift at Hunter Mountain in Greene County with the safety bar engaged in the downward position when she fell about 25 feet.
Filkin was severely injured when she landed at the base of a lift tower. She was treated at the scene by ski patrol and medical personnel but succumbed from her injuries.
Hunter Mountain is located in the town of Hunter, in the northern Catskills 40 miles southwest of Albany.