Four hurt, 100 stranded after Italy cable car accident
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Rome, Italy: Four people were injured and around 100 were stranded atop a mountain in northwest Italy on Tuesday after a cable car accident, authoriti...
Rome, Italy: Four people were injured and around 100 were stranded atop a mountain in northwest Italy on Tuesday after a cable car accident, authorities said.
No one was seriously injured following the incident on the Macugnaga cable car, which travels up to the Moro Pass at 2,800 metres (9,000 feet) altitude near the Swiss border, a spokesman for the Alpine rescue services told AFP.
"It appears that the cabin arrived at the top station at excessive speed, which caused the accident," the service said in a statement.
In a separate statement, the fire service said the accident involved two cabins, which "impacted the structures of the upper and lower stations".
Three of the 15 passengers in the upper cabin were hurt, while an operator at the lower station was also injured, it said.
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