Nicole Winfield
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, Sunday, May 23, 2021. 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 at least 13 people and sending two children to the hospital, authorities said. (Italian Vigili del Fuoco Firefighters via AP) May 23, 2021 - 1:24 PM
ROME (AP) â 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. The lone survivor, a young child, was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said.
Cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14 in Italy
By AP Staff
Italian cable car falls the ground, multiple people killed
Authorities in northern Italy say a mountaintop cable car has plunged to the ground, killing several people. (Credit: Vigili del Fuoco via Storyful)
ROME (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. A young child was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said.
Stresa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a pylon and then fell to the ground. At that point, the car overturned two or three times before hitting some trees, she said. Some of those who died were thrown from the cabin.
Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press May 23, 2021 1:50pm Text size Copy shortlink:
ROME 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. A young child was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said.
Stresa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a pylon and then fell to the ground. At that point, the car overturned two or three times before hitting some trees, she said. Some of those who died were thrown from the ca
At least 14 people have been killed and a child is being treated in hospital after a cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of lakes in northern Italy plunged to the ground.
Stresa mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car spinning until it hit a pylon and fell to the ground.
At that point, the car overturned “two or three times before hitting some trees”, she said. Some of those who died were thrown from the cabin.
Images from the site showed the crumpled car in a clearing of a thick patch of pine trees near the summit of the Mottarone peak overlooking Lake Maggiore.