The fourth mortal victim is the driver of the cable car
A couple of British tourists are two of the four people killed in a nearby Naples, the Italian police said by the BBC. The other victims are an Israeli tourist and, it seems, the cable car driver, who was identified by local authorities such as Carmine Parlato, 59.
A fifth person who was in the cab, which is believed to be another tourist, was “seriously injured” in the accident and was transported by air to the hospital, according to authorities. The situation is now stable, the alpine rescue service to BBC told Friday morning.
The formal identification of the other victims has not yet been made, said the spokesman for the mayor of Vico Equense, Marco de Rosa, quoted by the AP.
According to the initial information, a traction cable broke, causing the upward cable car and a descendant crossing Mount Faito in the city of Castellammare di Stabia, leading to the deaths of four people.
The cable rupture left two booths blocked, one with eleven occupants and one with five. The first was immediately intercepted and its occupants rescued without injury, while the second cabin fell and had to be sought by emergency teams.
The work was harmed by the fog and bad weather conditions in the area, observed the alpine and speleological rescue body (Cnsas).
Italian prosecutors opened an inquiry for multiple homicide and negligence.
This is not the first time this cable car has had an accident. The most serious accident occurred in August 1960, when, due to a human failure, a cabin fell after failing, causing four dead and 31 injured, according to local media.
