Fourteen people including a child die in cable car accident in northern Italy

Fourteen people including a child died on Sunday when a cable car fell in Italy’s alpine region of Piedmont, emergency services have said.

Two children were seriously injured and airlifted out to Turin but sadly one died in hospital.

???? #Piemonte, funivia #StresaMottarone: il 118 piemontese ha confermato che 9 persone sono decedute, mentre 2 minorenni sono stati elitrasportati in codice rosso a Torino. Proseguono le operazioni di Soccorso Alpino, @emergenzavvf, 118, @_Carabinieri_ e altri enti dello Stato. pic.twitter.com/ommsfJ4qm4

— Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (@cnsas_official) May 23, 2021