(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 23 - The cable car that connects Stresa with the Mottarone has crashed and there are currently eight victims.
On the site there are fire brigade and alpine rescue teams.
According to reports, there were 11 people on the cabin of the crashed Stresa-Mottarone cable car.
Two children were brought in code red, with the air ambulances, to Turin.
The accident would have been caused by the failure of a rope, in the highest part of the route which, starting from LagoMaggiore reaches an altitude of 1,491 meters.
The races last about twenty minutes (ANSA).