Six people, including a child, were left injured after a cable car rammed into a station barrier while approaching a mountain summit too quickly in Italy.
Around 100 people were left stranded following this incident, which took place at the Macugnaga cable car in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola region of Piedmont.
Local media outlets claimed that the cable car arrived at the station, located more than 9000 feet in the air, too fast.
The surrounding ski slopes were reportedly closed, and the ski lift was halted following the incident. Those stranded were said to be evacuated by the National Alpine Rescue Corps via two firefighter helicopters.
The six injured were rushed to on-site medics but are set to be transported to a local hospital through air ambulance.
‘We had a technical problem. The cabin carrying the skiers arrived at the station too fast’- a post read. They then had to activate the emergency brakes, but despite that, the cabin hit the safety barriers.