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Friday, April 18, 2025
Israeli woman said among the 4 killed in southern Italy cable car accident
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MILAN — A cable car carrying tourists south of Naples crashed to the ground after a cable snapped, killing at least four people and critically injuring one, officials say.
According to Italian newspaper la Repubblica, one of the four fatalities is an Israeli woman. The report says another Israeli tourist wounded in the incident is an intensive care.
The snapped cable brought both the upward and downward-going cable cars to a halt as they traversed Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia. The upward cable car eventually crashed, causing the fatalities and injury, while eight tourists and an operator were evacuated from the downward cable car, Naples Prefect Michele de Bari says.
“The traction cable broke. The emergency brake downstream worked, but evidently not the one on the cabin that was entering the station,” says Castellammare Mayor Luigi Vicinanza.
Italy’s alpine rescue, along with firefighters, police and civil protection services responded to the accident.
The accident occurred just a week after the cable car, popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples, reopened for the season.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni expresses her condolences for the victims and their families and says she was in touch with rescuers. She is in Washington, where she met with US President Donald Trump.
The Times of Israel Community.