FOG BLOG WORLD NEWS LOG: ITALIAN CABLE CAR PLUNGES TO THE GROUND 14 DEAD!

At least 14 dead after Italian cable car plunges to the ground.....A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in northern Italy on Sunday, killing at least 14 people. A young child was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said.

Stesa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a pylon and then fell to the ground. At that point, the car overturned “two or three times before hitting some trees,” she said. Some of those who died were thrown from the cabin.

A photo of the wreckage taken by Italy’s fire squad showed the crushed and crumpled remains of the cable car in a clearing of a thick patch of pine trees near the summit of the Mottarone peak overlooking Lake Maggiore.