Two people died when a cable car collapsed on Elbrus

About it сообщил head Kabardino-Balkaria Kazbek Kokov.

According to him, emergency services are already working at the site of the cable car collapse, evacuating the bodies of the victims.

According to preliminary information, the accident occurred due to the cable coming off the roller of one of the supports.

Telegram channel 112 clarifies, that another nine people were saved.

A month ago, there was a similar emergency in the republic: then, due to the break of the cable car in Nalchik suffered six people.

UPD: Both of the deceased were testers: the cable car had been undergoing scheduled maintenance since September 2.

UPD2: TASS, citing sources in emergency services, reports that a tourist is among the dead.