STRESA, Italy (AP) — The investigation into Italy’s cable car disaster that killed 14 people will focus on why the lead cable snapped and why the emergency brake didn’t engage and stop the cabin from carreeinng backwards. That’s according to the lead prosecutor, who is looking into why the cabin then pulled off the support line and crashed to the ground. Verbania Prosecutor Olimpia Bossi outlined the contours of her investigation as the lone survivor of Sunday’s horrific tragedy, a 5-year-old Israeli boy living in Italy, remained hospitalized in Turin in intensive care with multiple broken bones. The disaster occurred in one of the most picturesque spots in northern Italy, the Mottarone mountaintop overlooking Lake Maggiore and other lakes near Switzerland.
Italy investigators probe why cable car brake ‘didn’t work’
