BERLIN—A cable car in a western Austrian skiing region plunged up to 10 meters (about 33 feet) Tuesday in an accident apparently caused by a falling tree, seriously injuring four people from Denmark who were inside the car, police said.
A tree fell on a part fixing the car to the cable of the Acherkogelbahn in the Hochoetz skiing area of Tyrol Province, the Austria Press Agency reported. The car then fell seven to 10 meters (23 to 33 feet) with the four occupants—a man aged 49; his children, a 20-year-old man, and a 19-year-old woman, and their 46-year-old uncle.
