A cable car crashed to the ground, killing four people, near Naples in southern Italy on Thursday, the Daily Mail reported. The incident occurred at Monte Faito, about 28 miles southeast of Naples. The horror began around 4:30 p.m. local time when media reported that the cable car had broken down, leaving two cabins—with roughly 15 passengers aboard—suspended in the air. Ente Autonomo Volturno (EAV), the company that runs the cable car, initially stated that all passengers were unharmed and in the process of being brought down safely. However, about an hour and a half later, the company lost communication with one of the cabins. EAV president Umberto De Gregorio later confirmed that the cabin at the mountain’s summit had fallen. “The cabin at the top has crashed, casualties are feared,” the chairman of the firm which operates the cable car service, De Gregorio, said, calling it “a tragedy.” In addition to the four passengers reported dead, a fifth person who was in the cabin that fell was evacuated by helicopter in serious condition, an Italian news outlet, Ansa, reported. Firefighters and mountain rescue teams are currently on the scene, but are having a difficult time because of the strong winds and poor weather conditions.
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