Italy cable car fall: Nine dead after accident near Lake Maggiore - BBC News

Nine people have been killed after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday.

The accident happened on a service transporting passengers from the resort town of Stresa up the nearby Mottarone mountain in the region of Piedmont.

An image posted on social media by emergency services showed the wreckage of the car lying in a wooded area.

Officials say two children, aged five and nine, were taken from the scene by helicopter to a Turin hospital.

They are the only survivors of 11 passengers who had been on board when the cable car crashed, a spokesman for Italy's alpine rescue service confirmed to the Reuters news agency.

Officials said a call to emergency services came just after 12:00 local time (11:00 BST) on Sunday.

Walter Milan, another alpine rescue spokesman, told RaiNews24 television that the cable car was left "crumpled" after falling from a high height.

The cause of the incident remains unclear, but local reports suggest the cable carrying it may have failed about 300m (984ft) from the top of the mountain.

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The website for the Stresa-Alpine-Mottarone cable car said it usually takes 20 minutes to transport passengers 1,491m above sea level.

Mottarone is situated between Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta, offering scenic views of the region for tourists.

The cable car service had recently reopened following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions, Reuters news agency reported.

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