A 37-year-old man visiting the Red Lodge Mountain ski resort in Montana has reportedly died after he fell from a chairlift. NBC Montana reported that Jeffrey Zinne was riding alone in a three-person chair on Monday when he fell from an unspecified height.

Jeff Zinne was riding alone in a three-person lift when a mechanical issues caused him to fall onto the slopes below.

US snowboarder Jeff Zinne, 37, died after falling from a faulty chairlift at ski resort in Montana, USA after it experienced a mechanical error.

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

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.

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 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,