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May 23, 2021 11:20 PM EDT
(Photo : Handout photo by the Italian State Police via Getty Images) Cable Car Collapse Kills 14 Near Lake Maggiore
STRESA, ITALY - MAY 23: In this handout photo provided by the Italian state police, emergency workers surround the wreckage of a cable car that fell from the Stresa-Alpine-Mottarone line on May 23, 2021 in Stresa, Italy. The accident happened on a cable car that takes passengers from the resort town Stresa, up Mottarone mountain, in the Piedmont region. Italian news outlets reported that 15 people had been riding in the cable car before it fell, and officials said that two children were taken from the accident site to a hospital in Turin, where one later died, bringing the death toll to 14.
Italy officials launch manslaughter investigation after 14 killed in cable car disaster
Italian investigators have launched a multiple manslaughter investigation after 14 people were killed in a cable car accident in northern Italy, prosecutors said Monday.
A group was riding in a Stresa-Mottarone cable car from the Lido di Stresa piazza on Lake Maggiore to the nearby Mottarone mountain in the Piedmont region when a cable snapped, a spokesperson for the National Alpine Speleological Rescue Corps initially said Sunday.
The car was completing its 20-minute voyage, some 1,491 meters (4,891 feet) above sea level at the top of the mountain, when the cable broke 300 meters (984 feet) from the top of the mountain, according to Italian news agency ANSA. The car then crashed into a wooded area with no direct road access.
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