News Alert: At least 8 killed in Italian cable car accident

News Alert: At least 8 killed in Italian cable car accident

At least eight people died and three others are injured, including two children, after a cable car accident in northern Italy
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At least eight people have died and three others including two children, are injured, following a cable car accident in northern Italy Sunday, officials say.

A group was riding in a Stresa-Mattarone cable car -- which connects the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore with the nearby Mottarone mountain -- when it plunged into a wooded area Sunday morning, according to a spokesperson for the National Alpine Speleological Rescue Corps, which is leading the rescue operation.