MADRID, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A ski lift collapsed at a resort in the Spanish region of Aragon on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine of them very seriously and eight seriously, the regional government said.

Around 80 people remain trapped, hanging in the chairlift at the ski resort of Astún, in the province of Huesca, according to state TV channel TVE.

“It’s like a cable has come off, the chairs have bounced and people have been thrown off,” a witness told TVE.