In a press release dated this Thursday, November 21, the public prosecutor of Albertville, Anne Gaches, evokes “a human error” to explain the reasons for the accident: “It emerges from the first findings made by the investigators and the Technical service for ski lifts and guided transport (STRMTG) that the accident could result from human error without excluding other technical causes that the investigations could determine.
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The Albertville public prosecutor's office specifies that the investigation will continue as part of a judicial investigation which will be entrusted this Thursday to an investigating judge.
A shock at the speed of 6 meters per second
Tuesday, November 19, early in the morning, a cabin of the Cime Caron cable car “impacted the station’s arrival station at a speed of 6 meters per second.” Or approximately 21.6 km/h. On board the cabin were 16 workers “who had been working since May 2024 on two construction sites including that of a panoramic restaurant,” the press release added.
Following the accident, an investigation was launched by the Albertville public prosecutor's office into unintentional injuries and entrusted jointly to the CRS Alpes, the Savoie gendarmerie group, as well as the Chambéry research section. At the same time, the victim assistance association, the AVIJ des Savoie, “was contacted in order to support the injured, as well as all those affected,” concludes the prosecutor.
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