Italy was in shock on Sunday after a cable car crashed to the ground in a northern Italian beauty spot, killing 14 people including a nine-year-old child. The cable car service, popular with skiers and hikers, had only reopened on 24 April after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. The wreckage of the cable car in woods near Lake Maggiore. Prosecutors in Verbania have ordered the confiscation of the crushed cable car for their investigations. In 1976, 41 people died in an accident affecting the same cable car system.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2021 12:30 UTC