Three dead, one seriously injured and one missing is the tragic thing so far with a crash reporting with cable car to Italy.
The tragedy unfolded early Thursday afternoon, on Mount Faito, just outside Naples, when the cabin of a cable car fell, according to the Italian news agency Ansa, citing rescue sources.
“The cabin at the top crashed, there are fears of victims,” wrote on Facebook by Umberto de Gregorio, president of the public transport company EAV who manages the cable car, calling the incident “tragedy”.
BREAKING: At least 3 dead, 1 missing, 1 seriously injured after cable car crashes on Monte Faito near Naples, Italy. pic.twitter.com/9p0Sqos8pc
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Information reports local media reports that 16 people were aboard at the cabin.
It is at the time of three victims, a seriously injured person and one missing – the driver – the budget of the accident at the Mount Faito cable car. It is learned from sources of rescuers. The firefighters and the Alpine Rescue teams are operating on the spot pic.twitter.com/yWwIRnsqWE
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The tragic event is probably due to the severe wind blowing in the area, as well as in the dense fog.
The cabin fell into a ravine, with several Italian media estimating that it broke one of the wires on which the cable car is moving.
He is currently in full swing rescue on the spot.