A cable car linking Italy’s Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain in the Alps plunged to the ground on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring two kids.
The Stresa-Mottarone cable car carries tourists and local people from the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore, almost 1,400 metres above sea level, to the top of the Mottarone mountain.
‘This is the final toll of the accident as the car was carrying 11 passengers when the disaster happened,’ Simone Bobbio, a spokesman for Italy’s alpine rescue service for the Piedmont region.
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The cable car cabin plunged close to the second last pillar as it was moving up the mountain, Bobbio said, adding there were still no details about the nationality or ages of the victims.
Walter Milan, another spokesman for the national alpine rescue service told reporters that two children had been transported by helicopter to a pediatric hospital in the nearby northern city of Turin.
The Stresa-Mottarone lift had only recently re-opened following the gradual lifting of coronavirus restrictions.
The Mottarone peak is popular among tourists because of its panoramic views on Lake Maggiore and its picturesque islands as well as the vista of the surrounding Alps.
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