
The toll from a cable car accident in northern Italy on Sunday rose to 14 dead and two seriously injured, emergency services said.
Two children were seriously injured when a cable car linking Italy's Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain in the Alps plunged to the ground.
The accident occurred by the resort town of Stresa, which lies on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region.
"The provisional toll is eight dead and two injured" who were rushed to a pediatric hospital in the city of Turin, emergency services spokesman Walter Milan told AFP.
Images from the fire service show debris from the cabin in a wooded area where a steep slope makes access difficult.
The 20-minute cable car ride, popular with tourists, links Stresa with the 1 500-metre summit of the Mottarone mountain, which offers spectacular views of the Alps.
The accident, which occurred around 300 metres from the summit, may have been caused by a broken cable at the top of the system, the Ansa news agency said.
It said 11 people were in the cabin that fell.