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Six Injured, About 100 Stranded After Macugnaga Cable Car Hits Station Barrier

Operators attribute the crash to a technical failure pending evaluation.

Overview

  • The ascending cabin failed to decelerate entering the Monte Moro station near 9,000 feet and struck the safety barrier, the operator said.
  • Six passengers, including a child, were treated on site, with the most serious a 59-year-old man with an arm wound and no life-threatening injuries reported.
  • Roughly 100 people were stranded across the system, including 94 gathered at Basso Moro, with evacuations by firefighters and helicopters.
  • Emergency service 118 coordinated air transfers to hospitals as ski operations in the area were suspended.
  • Macugnaga Trasporti e Servizi reported a technical problem, and officials began evaluating the lift, which was built in 1962 and overhauled in 2023 with public funding.