At least

eight people have died

and

two children are in critical condition after

a

cable car

collapsed

in the surroundings of the town of

Stresa

, in northern

Italy

and near the border with Switzerland, according to sources from Emergency services to Italian media.

The cable car covered the

route from Lake Maggiore to Mottarone mountain

when, for reasons that are being investigated, the cable that supported it broke 300 meters from the arrival station, in the highest part of the route, where it reaches the 1,400 meters above sea level.

According to the Italian media

Il Messaggero,

there were eleven people on board the cable car and the two children were transferred to a center in Turin.

The status of the last occupant is unknown.

Walter Milan, spokesman for the rescue services, said: "The provisional balance is eight dead and two injured, taken as an absolute emergency to the Regina Margherita pediatric hospital in Turin."

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