He died after a fall from the Triple Chair at Red Lodge Mountain, Sheriff McQuillan said Friday, adding that the accident remains under investigation. He was life-flighted to a hospital in Billings, where he died on Wednesday, according to Esther Jensen, a GoFundMe organizer raising funds for his family.

A Montana dad has died after falling from a chairlift at a local ski resort. Authorities said Jeffrey Zinne of Billings was alone on a ski lift at Red Lodge Mountain just before noon on Monday, March 10, when he fell to the ground, according to the Associated Press and Longview News-Journal .

Jeffrey Zinne, 37, was riding alone in a three-person chair that carries skiers up the mountain when he fell from an unspecified height.

A snowboarder fell from a ski lift at a Montana ski resort. He died from his injuries. Red Lodge Mountain said the man, identified as Jeffrey Zinne, fell from the Triple Chair lift on Monday. He was flown to a hospital in Billings, Montana, where he died on Wednesday. The coroner said he died from accidental blunt force injury.

A man has died a day after falling from a chairlift that was having a mechanical problem in a Montana ski area. The accident happened just before noon on Monday at Red Lodge Mountain, southeast of Billings in the Beartooth Mountains.

LiftBlog has confirmed that the Triple Chair does not have a safety restraint bar. The chair was built in 1983 and will remain closed while under investigation following the accident. The ski area's old Miami Beach Chair (as seen in the featured image above) did not have a safety bar either.

A tragic incident took place at Montana's Red Lodge Mountain on Monday, when a 37-year-old skier, Jeffrey Zinne of Billings, died from injuries sustained in a fall from the Triple Chair Lift.

Jeffrey Zinne, who was from Billings, Montana, was riding alone in a three-person chair when he plunged from height on Red Lodge Mountain, which is in his home state

A skier was airlifted to the hospital after an "unfortunate incident" on a chairlift at Red Lodge Mountain. On Monday, March 10th, Red Lodge Mountain Patrol received a call around 11:51 a.m. of an accident on Triple Chair.

A 37-year-old snowboarder died two days after falling from a malfunctioning chairlift at Red Lodge Mountain, Montana. Jeffrey Zinne of Billings, who was riding alone on a three-person chairlift, died Wednesday after succumbing to his injuries at a hospital,