Two children among 14 killed as Italian cable car plunges to the ground

It appeared to be Italy’s worst cable car disaster since 1998 when a low-flying US military jet cut through the cable of a ski lift in Cavalese, in the Dolomites, killing 20 people

The cable car had 11 people on board at the time of the crash. Two children have been airlifted to hospital. Picture: Italy Alpine Rescue Service

A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing 14 people. 

A young child was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said.