Italian cable car crash kills 14 people, child seriously hurt

A crashed cable car is seen after it collapsed in Stresa, near Lake Maggiore, Italy May 23, 2021. VIGILI DEL FUOCO/Handout via REUTERS

STRESA, Italy (Reuters) -At least 14 people died and a child was seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy's Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain plunged 20 metres to the ground, local officials and rescuers said.

The Stresa-Mottarone cable car takes tourists and locals from the town on Lake Maggiore, almost 1,400 metres above sea level to the top of the Mottarone mountain in 20 minutes.