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Italian Cable Car Crashed to Ground -14 Dead
Italian Investigators Assess Wrecked Cable Car That Crashed to Ground
Fourteen dead and child injured as Italian mountain cable car plunges to ground
At least two children were among those killed when a cable car crashed as it carried 15 people between Stresa, on Lake Maggiore, and Mottarone mountain in Italy's Alps
The Guardian UK. 24 MAY 2021.
Two young children are among 14 people who died when a cable car plunged 65ft to the ground and rolled down a mountainside before slamming into trees.
Of the four families involved in Sunday's tragedy in Italy's Western Alps, one was originally from Israel and lost five family members, including a two-year-old boy and an 83-year-old woman, said officials.
A nine-year-old child, who suffered severe head trauma and leg fractures, died after being airlifted to a hospital in Turin and suffering two cardiac arrests.
A five-year-old boy - the only survivor - who was airlifted to the same hospital was in a serious condition after undergoing surgery.
The lift was carrying 15 people when it fell from the highest point of a line that runs between the town of Stresa, on picturesque Lake Maggiore, and the summit of the 4,900-ft Mottarone mountain.
Stresa Mayor Marcella Severino told local media it appeared a cable had snapped close to the route's final pylon, causing the car to plunge and overturn several times.
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