Two children injured and one person killed in cable car carnage

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Two children injured and one person killed in cable car carnage
Two children injured and one person killed in cable car carnage

One person has been killed when a cable car pod hit a pole and burst open in the Turkish city of Antalya during Eid.

Two children are among the seven people wounded in the crash at the Tunektepe cable car at 6pm tonight.

Passengers plummeted to the mountainside below just outside the Mediterranean city.

A 54-year-old Turkish man named locally as Memiş Gümüş has been identified as the victim of the carnage.

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Footage from the scene, which Metro.co.uk has decided not to publish because of how graphic it is, shows multiple victims being treated by paramedics right on the grassy rocks.

A rescuer is holding a person’s severed arm, while his colleague is seen wrapping it.

In another video, the cable car is shown completely broken apart, while its doors, windows and floor have fallen off.

Five of the injured were ferried off the mountain by helicopter. They were shown being loaded onto helicopters in emergency stretchers.

Today, around 17.28, information was received that the cable car wagon in T?nektepe, Antalya, was suspended in the air. It was reported that 1 citizen died and 7 citizens were injured in the incident. First aid was provided to the injured by medical teams and they were transferred to the hospital by helicopter. Republic of T?rkiye Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Authority

Medical teams remain at the scene of the incident late into the night (Picture: AFAD)

ANTALYA, TURKIYE - APRIL 12: Rescue teams, fire brigade, police, medical team conduct rescue operation after it was reported that 1 person died and 7 are injured as a result of the cable car cabin falling in Konyaalti district of Antalya, Turkiye on April 12, 2024. The cabin fell unexpectedly, and the exact cause is yet to be determined. (Photo by Hatice Ozdemir Tosun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

People were shown being loaded into helicopters (Picture: Getty)

Meanwhile, rescue operations continued into the night to remove the other two wounded victims.

Some 184 other passengers remained trapped in 25 other cable cars dozens of feet above the ground.

Antalya mayor Muhittin Bocek said in a statement said engineers were trying to restart the system.

Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that more than 160 first responders from different parts of Turkey were involved in the rescue mission.

Emma Davis

Children, Turkey, Antalya

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