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Since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of day-trippers to the Monviso, close to the French border, has risen, especially during the holidays and summer months.
Italy cable car accident: Manslaughter investigation after 14 killed near Lake Maggiore CNN 1 hr ago By Nicola Ruotolo, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN © Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Piemontese/AP The accident occurred near the summit of the Mottarone mountain. Italian investigators have launched a multiple manslaughter investigation after 14 people were killed in a cable car accident in northern Italy, prosecutors said Monday. A group was riding in a Stresa-Mottarone cable car from the Lido di Stresa piazza on Lake Maggiore to the nearby Mottarone mount...
Italy officials launch manslaughter investigation after 14 killed in cable car disaster Italian investigators have launched a multiple manslaughter investigation after 14 people were killed in a cable car accident in northern Italy, prosecutors said Monday. A group was riding in a Stresa-Mottarone cable car from the Lido di Stresa piazza on Lake Maggiore to the nearby Mottarone mountain in the Piedmont region when a cable snapped, a spokesperson for the National Alpine Speleological Rescue Corps initially said Sunday. The car was completing its 20-minute voyage, some 1,491 meters (4,891 feet)...
Some 13 people have died after a cable car plunged to the ground near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.
Mottarone: Cable car falls on Italian mountain and tumbles down slope, killing at least 14 people Some 14 people have died after a cable car plunged to the ground near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, and then tumbled down the slope. The capsule fell near the summit of the Mottarone mountain at about midday (11am BST), Italy's mountain rescue service said. Mayor of the nearby town of Stresa, Marcella Severino, said it appeared that the cable had broken, sending the car careening until it hit a pylon and then plummeted to the ground, overturning "two or three times before hitting s...