24 May 2021

Thirteen dead after cable car accident in Italy

From Morning Report, 6:37 am on 24 May 2021

At least thirteen people have been killed after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.

Two children are seriously injured after the accident, which happened on a service transporting passengers from the resort town of Stresa in the region of Piedmont.

Images from the scene show the wreckage lying in a steep wooded area.

Italy correspondent Seema Gupta spoke to Susie Ferguson.