Cable Car Accident in Turkiye Sends One Passenger Plummeting to His Death and Injures Seven

Istanbul, April 12: One person was killed and seven injured on Friday when a cable car in southern Turkiye hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below, local media reported. Two children were among the injured in the accident at the Tunektepe cable car just outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya at about 6 p.m. during the busy Eid al-Fitr holiday, the state-run Anadolu Agency said. Turkey Cable Car Crash: One Killed, 10 Others Injured After Cable Car's Cabin Collides With Broken Pole in Antalya; 174 Passengers Rescued (Watch Video)

Anadolu identified the deceased as a 54-year-old Turkish man. The other casualties were all Turkish citizens apart from one Kyrgyz national. Friday was the final day of a three-day public holiday in Turkiye marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which sees families flock to coastal resorts. The cable car carries tourists from Konyaalti beach to a restaurant and viewing platform at the summit of the 618-metre (2,010-feet) Tunektepe peak. It is run by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. Uttarakhand: Nainital Cable Car Breaks Down Mid Way, Six Foreign Tourist Among 12 Rescued

Emergency teams rushed to the area following the crash to treat and evacuate the injured. Images showed the battered car swaying from dislodged cables on the side of the rocky mountain as medics tended the wounded. Passengers in some of the facility's 35 other cable car pods were left stranded in mid-air as engineers battled to restart the system.

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