Italian cable car accident: Death toll rises to 13
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Rome - Thirteen people died and two children were seriously injured Sunday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services said.
The toll could rise further from the accident in Stresa, a resort town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Italy s Piedmont region, the Alpine rescue service said on Twitter.
A spokesman said two children aged nine and five had been seriously injured and taken by helicopter to a paediatric hospital in Turin.
A statement by Prime Minister Mario Draghi expressed his profound grief and offered his condolences to the victim s families.
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