Cable Car Fall in Italy Kills Nine, Two Children Injured [PHOTOS]

REUTERS

On Sunday, a cable car crashed on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing nine people.

The accident occurred on a service carrying passengers from Stresa, a resort town in Piedmont, up the nearby Mottarone range.

 

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Emergency services shared a photo of the vehicle wreckage lying in a wooded area on social media.

Officials claim two girls, aged five and nine, were flown to a Turin hospital by helicopter.

A spokesperson for Italy's alpine rescue service reported to the Reuters news agency that they are the only survivors of 11 passengers who were on board when the cable car crashed.

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The cause of the accident is unknown, but local reports say that the cable carrying it may have broken about 300 meters (984 feet) from the summit.

Publish : 2021-05-23 19:52:00

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