Some of them were treated in absolute emergency.
In Val Thorens (Savoie), the ski area is due to open to the public next weekend. But the ski season has not yet started when a spectacular accident occurred this Tuesday morning, at a cable car.
Absolute emergency
According to information from Dauphiné, the Cime Caron cable car crashed when it arrived at the station. According to our colleagues, 16 workers were on board, two of them in absolute emergency.
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ud83dudea0In the Val Thorens station, in Savoie, the cabin of a cable car crashed when it arrived at the station this Tuesday morning. Several serious injuries have been reported, rescue operations are continuing (Le Dauphiné). https://t.co/rJ9te7T6ES
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Large resources were dispatched to the site and a crisis unit was activated. A helicopter was sent to transport the injured. Rescue operations are still underway.
Still according to Le Dauphiné which cites a press release from the Savoie prefecture, “the accident occurred in very difficult weather conditions at more than 3000 meters. The cabin of the Cime Caron cable car was being used as part of an ongoing construction site and was transporting 16 workers, when it hit the Cime Caron station. arrival”. Rescue operations would be made difficult by bad weather.
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