Drama in the Pyrenees: In Lourdes, France, a cable car crashed after a lightning strike. 27 people were in the gondola.
- There was a bad cable car accident in Lourdes, France.
- A gondola rushed down.
- This was preceded by a lightning strike.
Lourdes - moment of shock in the Pyrenees . According to French media reports, several people were injured in an accident in a cable car in the French pilgrimage site of Lourdes . During a violent thunderstorm, lightning struck the rails of the train on Monday afternoon. A subsequent power failure then led to the abrupt stop of the cabins, and several people fell to the ground in a cab that was moving down after they had previously been thrown against the windows.
The pyrenees
The mountain range is around 430 kilometers long and is located in France, Spain and Andorra.
It separates the Iberian Peninsula in the south from the rest of Europe in the north.
The Pico de Aneto is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees with a height of 3,404 meters
Pyrenees: gondola drama - cable car falls into the depths after a lightning strike
Ten people were slightly injured, two seriously. According to the authorities, these are a 56-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman. Both should not be in mortal danger. Media reports that 60 people were in the gondola at the time of the crash refuted a firefighter present at the scene of the accident to the broadcaster France Info.
He describes the accident as follows: “There was a power failure after a lightning strike that brought the funicular to a standstill. The cabin, which was descending with 27 occupants, came to an abrupt halt. Of the 27 people, 15 are uninjured, including a three-month-old baby. There are twelve injured, two of whom were seriously injured and evacuated to the hospital in Lourdes . "
Pyrenees: cable car crash shocked - "all support and best wishes for a speedy recovery"
The social democratic president of the administrative region of Occitania , Carole Delga , promised the victims of the accident on Twitter “all support and best wishes for a speedy recovery”.
Tout mon soutien et tous mes voeux de prompt rétablissement aux victimes de cet accident. https://t.co/M6IwZVpZBh
- Carole Delga (@CaroleDelga) August 10, 2020The funicular takes you from the city of Lourdes in the south-west of the country to the Pic du Jer mountain . The mountain station is located at an altitude of 889 meters. Lourdes is located in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees at an altitude of 420 meters. (as / dpa) * merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network