Italian cable car accident kills 14
‘ENORMOUS TRAGEDY’: The 20-minute cable car ride, popular with tourists, links Stresa with the summit of the Mottarone and offers spectacular views of the Alps
AFP, ROME
Fourteen people died on Sunday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services said.
An Israeli couple living in Italy died along with one child, while their five-year-old was fighting for his life with brain trauma and broken legs, the Italian Alpine Rescue Service said.
A nine-year-old Italian child was also among the dead, it said, adding that the toll could rise further from the accident in Stresa, a resort town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region.
Details emerged Monday about the 14 people who died when a cable car crashed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy amid fears that the death toll will rise further.
An Israeli couple living in Italy died along with one child, while their five-year-old was fighting for his life with brain trauma and broken legs, according to the Alpine rescue service.
A nine-year-old Italian child was also among the dead, it said, adding that the toll could rise further from the accident in Stresa, a resort town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Italy s Piedmont region, it said.
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Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, May 23, 2022. (Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Piemontese via AP)
A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing 14 people, including five Israelis.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry, citing Italian authorities, said the victims appeared to include an Israeli couple living in Italy and their son. Another elderly couple, likely visiting from Israel, was also killed, the ministry said, adding that the information was still being verified.