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A cable car accident leads to several injured in Austria

Vienna, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) At least four people were injured on Tuesday when a cable car fell at the Hochoetz ski resort, in the Austrian region of Tirol, television channel Oe24 revealed.

That facility is located at an altitude of 2,023 meters above sea level, and runs about three kilometers long, although the transporter fell from a height of between eight and ten meters.

According to preliminary information, the accident occurred after a tree fell on the cable car.

“We know that victims are a father, his two sons and his uncle,” the local police chief told the channel, adding that the whole family is of Danish nationality.

The injured were rescued by helicopter and hospitalized, while three tourists from other cabins were injured by strong vibrations from the cable.

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