Pictures .. A "cable car" causes a disaster in the tourist resort of Stresa in the Piedmont province of northern Italy, on the shores of Lake Maggiore.
A "cable car" caused a disaster in the tourist resort of Stresa, in the Piedmont province of northern Italy, on the shores of Lake Maggiore.
The crash of the cabin, Sunday, today, killing 14 people, while two people were seriously injured, according to a new, final toll for ambulance crews. The two seriously wounded are two children, aged nine and five.
The carriage fell from a height of about 20 meters and overturned several times on the steep slopes before being stopped by the trees. The cable car crashed into the woods and two children were taken by helicopter to a children's hospital in the nearby city of Turin.
A previous toll from the same source indicated that 13 people were killed.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, in a statement, expressed his "deep pain".
The accident occurred 100 meters from the top of the last cable car station, according to a statement by the Ministry of Infrastructure. The accident may have been caused by a cable failure in the upper part of the flight path, which caused the cabin to fall.
Alberto Serio, president of the Piedmont region, said he was "appalled", stressing that "it is a tremendous tragedy."
A tourist cable car, on a 20-minute journey, connects the village of Stresa with Mount Mutaroni at an altitude of 1,500 meters, with a magnificent view of Lake Maggiore and the Alps. The cable car was closed between 2014 and 2016 for maintenance.
Source: AFP
