Children among injuired as mountain cable car as brakes 'fail' in Romania

Seven people were injured after two cable cars apparently suffered a brake failure in mountains in central Romania, authorities have said. The privately operated cable cars, travelling in tandem, crashed into platforms in the Fagaras Mountains on Sunday afternoon, Sibiu county prefect Lucian Radu said. One accident occurred at an elevation of 1,200 metres (3,940ft) and the other at 2,000 metres (6,560ft).

A Norwegian woman who suffered fractured ribs and a man with a fractured knee were taken to hospital, Sibiu County Hospital spokesman Decebal Todarita said. A three-year-old boy was taken to the local paediatric hospital with a broken nose, while his eight-year-old sister was treated for bruising. Mountain rescue workers evacuated more than 30 people from the area.