12 Killed As Mountain Cable Car Crashes In Italy

The cable car accident happened by the resort town of Stresa in Italy, which lies on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region.

At least 12 people were killed and two children seriously injured Sunday after a cable car plunged into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services said. The accident occurred by the resort town of Stresa, which lies on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region. The 20-minute cable car ride, popular with tourists, links Stresa with the 1,500-metre (4,900-foot) summit of the Mottarone mountain, and offers spectacular views of the Alps. An emergency services spokesman said nine people were killed and two children aged nine and five injured and taken by helicopter to a pediatric hospital in the city of Turin.