Fourteen dead after cable car accident near Lake Maggiore

Most of the victims died at the crash site

Fourteen dead after cable car accident near Lake Maggiore

Fourteen dead after cable car accident near Lake Maggiore photo credit: BBC

Fourteen people, including at least one child, have been killed after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday.

Service transporting passengers

The accident happened on a service transporting passengers from the resort town of Stresa up the nearby Mottarone Mountain. Most of the victims died at the crash site, with the death toll rising steadily as the wreckage was searched.

According to the Israeli’s foreign ministry, at least five Israeli nationals were among the dead.

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