Three dead, six injured in cable car collapse

AP Online
Apr 02, 2004

A cable car crashed to the ground on in the Armenian capital on
Friday, killing three passengers and injuring six others, officials
said.

The aerial cable car was carrying nine passengers when it plummeted
from a height of some 20 meters (65 feet) after the cable broke,
Emergency Situations Department spokesman Araik Movseyan said.

One of the dead and two of the injured were Armenian citizens, he
said. Prosecutors have opened a criminal case and an investigation.