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Germany: Skyway mishap strands up to 100 cable car riders

Public transportation authorities for the city in North- Rhine-Westphalia state say 32 of the cars were operating when the mishap occurred today.

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German fire crews are focused on evacuating as many as 100 passengers from suspended cable cars that run over the Rhine River in Cologne after a gondola ran into a support pillar.

Public transportation authorities for the city in North- Rhine-Westphalia state say 32 of the cars were operating when the mishap occurred today.

When the one car collided with the pillar, the others were brought to a stop.

The dpa news agency cites transport and fire department officials as saying that as many as 100 passengers were left stranded.

Witnesses report that fire crews are using a mobile crane to bring down the first of them.

No injuries are being reported.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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