Abseiling girl crushed to death by cable car

The family of a teenage British holidaymaker watched in horror as she was crushed to death in a cable car mechanism as she prepared to abseil down a South African mountain.

Abseiling girl crushed to death by cable car
Thu, 04 Jan, 2001 - 08:11

The family of a teenage British holidaymaker watched in horror as she was crushed to death in a cable car mechanism as she prepared to abseil down a South African mountain.

Police Captain Andre Traut said Cara Weaver, from Dorset, had been told to leave the clearly marked no-go zone in Cape Town's Table Mountain moments before the tragedy happened.

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CourtsPlace: DorsetPlace: Cape TownPlace: Table MountainPlace: NamibiaPlace: South AfricaPlace: PinelandsPerson: Police CaptainPerson: Andre TrautPerson: Cara WeaverPerson: TrautPerson: CaraPerson: John HarrisonPerson: HarrisonOrganisation: Vincent Pallotti HospitalOrganisation: Table Mountain Cableway
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