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11 August 2020 Twelve people were slightly injured, two of whom were taken to hospital, after a cable car in Lourdes abruptly stopped following a power outage caused by a violent storm. The firefighters announced it. "There was a power outage after a lightning strike caused the funicular to stop", the firefighters explained, "the cabin that was descending with 27 people on board had a sudden stop with an immediate restart. Of the 27 people, 15 were unharmed, including a three-month-old baby, 12 were slightly injured and of these two were transferred to the Lourdes hospital "The funicular connects the city of Lourdes, the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in France , at the Pic du Jer (951 meters) for a length of just over a kilometer.Lourdes, lightning on the funicular: 12 injured, including a three-month-old baby
2020-08-11T06:31:21.984Z
Twelve people were slightly injured, two of whom were taken to hospital after a cable car cabin in Lourdes stopped abruptly following a power outage caused by a violent storm. The firefighters announced it. "There was a power outage after a lightning strike caused the funicular to stop", the firefighters explained, "the cabin that was descending with 27 people on board had a sudden stop with an immediate restart. Of the 27 people, 15 were unharmed, including a three-month-old baby, 12 were slightly injured and of these two were transferred to the Lourdes hospital "The funicular connects the city of Lourdes, the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in France , at the Pic du Jer (951 meters) for a length of just over a kilometer.
Source: rainews