Seven killed in cable car crash in Kashmir ski resort town

Four Indian tourists and three local residents died on Sunday when a cable car came crashing down from a height of at least 30 metres in a tourist town in the Indian portion of Kashmir.

Four other people were injured in the accident in the resort town of Gulmarg, said senior police officer Imtiyaz Hussain.

One of the injured was in critical condition.

Hussain said gusty winds in the area uprooted a huge pine tree that hit the cable, bringing it down to the ground.

The dead included a New Delhi couple and their two children, Hussain said. The three local residents who died included two tourist guides.