Around 250 people stuck in cable cars after collapse killed one and injured 20 | World News [Video]

Around 250 people were left trapped on a cable car service in Colombia, after an accident on the line left one dead and at least 21 injured.

The Metrocable car in the city of Medellin collapsed onto a taxi car waiting below, seriously injuring the driver and and the 11 people inside.

The dead man has been identified locally as Jhon Jairo Londono, 49.

The driver of the minicab was also injured and pictures from the scene show the smashed cable car next to the yellow taxi.

The other 20 people who were injured – 10 from inside the pod – were treated at the scene and in hospital.

It was not immediately clear how high was the cable car when it came down, but authorities said it collapsed while approaching the station.

Carlos Quintero, head of Medellín’s disaster response agency, told local media that one cabin had stopped as …