10:56, 9 August 2025

Two tourists required surgery after cable car collapse in Nalchik

One patient injured in the cable car break in Nalchik underwent surgery, a second is planned. Four victims remain in the hospital, the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Health reported.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, six of the 12 victims of the cable car break in Nalchik on August 8 remained in the Republican Clinical Hospital of Kabardino-Balkaria, one of them is in serious condition. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on the provision of unsafe services resulting in serious bodily harm. All the victims are tourists, the head of the republic reported.

The cable car in the city park of Nalchik was built in 1968, the main reason for the cable break was the wear of the lift. Tourists have repeatedly complained about the condition of the cable car, a ticket for which costs 500 rubles: they wrote that the lift is “very old,” “everything is rusty,” and “everything is held together by snot,” and also criticized the design: “a seat with a chain and that’s it.”

This morning, two victims of the cable car accident were discharged with an improvement in their condition, four people remain in the hospital.

"One patient underwent surgery for a vertebral injury and is in the intensive care unit in a stable condition. Another patient is scheduled for delayed surgery, her condition is moderate," the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Health reported today on its Telegram channel, noting that telemedicine consultations with Moscow were held on the condition of these patients.

Two patients with moderate to mild severity remain in the hospital on conservative treatment, the report says.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/413682