Police rescue 150 people stranded after cable car accident

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Jun 25 2017 | 9:13 PM IST
Police rescued about 150 people stranded due to the snapping of a cable car ropeway today at the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
The accident killed seven people, including four of a Delhi-based family, and left two others injured.
Police with the help of locals and all-terrain vehicle operators rescued about 150 stranded people, a police official said.
He said the people were stranded in other cable cars after the ropeway was snapped by a falling tree which was uprooted by strong winds at the resort.

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First Published: Jun 25 2017 | 9:13 PM IST

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