Emergency services in northern Italy said that 14 people died and two were seriously injured after a cable car crashed to the ground. The two injured were of age five and nine, while the nine-year-old was said to be in a critical condition. The two injured were rushed to a hospital in Turin, reports AFP.  

The incident happened on the shores on the side of a mountain, of Lake Maggiore in Stresa near the Piedmont region, told a spokesman to AFP.  

Walter Milan initially, the Emergency Services spokesman,  earlier told to AFP “The provisional toll is eight dead and two injured”.  He added that they were rushed to a pediatric hospital in Turin.

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Images show debris from the cabin in a wooded area, where depression makes access difficult. Popular tourist activity in Stresa with the 1,500-metre summit of the Mottarone mountain, it offers a spectacular view from the Alps, reports AFP.

The accident occurred around 300 metres from the summit and may have happened due to a broken cable at the top of the system, AFP quotes Ansa news agency. It said that 11 people were in the cabin that crashed.