Tragedy on the cable car to the Mottarone. On Sunday morning, May 23, a cable of the‘Ski Lift which connects the locality of Stresa, on the Piedmontese bank of the Lake Maggiore, to “Mountain of the two lakes”. The cabin, near the last pylon and then almost reached the top, it fell for a few tens of meters and there it was crumpled to the ground, in an impervious and wooded area.
The intervention of the Fire fighters he was born in Alpine rescue, who at about 12.30 arrived on site and started working for extract the bodies: according to the first reconstructions, there were 14 people on board. The death toll initially stood at 9, then rose to 12, with two children – aged 9 and 5 – seriously injured and immediately go toTurin hospital with the helicopter rescue.
There will be time to clarify the dynamic – and the causes – of the dramatic accident, it is certain that cableway received the last maintenance intervention less than five years ago, carried out by the Leitner firm of Sterzing It cost 4 million euros between replacement of engines, of switchboards, of the electronic apparatus and of the transformers: in 2014, in fact, it had been closed to guarantee this general review.
On 13 August 2016, then, the reopening: 20 minutes journey – divided into two sections – to reach altitude 1491 meters, from the lake to the mountain. Cause lockdown, of course, the ski lift is stood still until April 24 and today – also considered the day of good weather – many had chosen to go up to enjoy the view from above. No one could have imagined such a sudden tragedy.
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