A funicular has just experienced a dramatic accident in the Neapolitan region, causing the death of at least three people and plunging help from a race against the clock.
This Thursday, a tragic episode struck the heights of Naples when a cable car cabin connecting the city to Monte Faith has suddenly dropped. According to the first observations, the rupture of a cable is behind the drama, causing the fall of the passenger to the fall of three passengers. Another person has been seriously injured, while an individual was not found, arousing strong concerns.
The accident occurred in the municipality of Castellammare di Stabia, where the local authorities are still struggling to establish a final assessment. The Italian media evoke the presence of tourists and an employee on board at the time of the drama. The cable car, which had been inaugurated only a week earlier, was very popular for its exceptional panorama on Pompeii and the Bay of Naples.
Two cabins were in service during the incident. If the first, carrying eleven passengers, could be secured without damage, the second, in the midst of ascent, violently crushed after being suspended in the void for several hours. The weather conditions, marked by a thick fog, have considerably complicated rescue operations. Research continues in the hope of finding the disappeared, while investigators are trying to determine the exact causes of this disaster.
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