After Losing Her Son, Mother Calls for Stricter Ski Lift Safety Bar Rules

After her son Donovan died from injuries he suffered in a fall from a chairlift at Keystone Resort, Colorado, Tonette Romero is now advocating for a significant Colorado ski resort policy change: mandatory safety bar use on chairlifts.Donovan, a 32-year-old snowboarder, suffered a traumatic brain injury on December 11, 2024, and was left unconscious. He’d fallen almost 50 feet from the Ruby Lift. A witness sitting beside him told authorities that he was attempting to adjust his snowboard b