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Italy cable car victim sent chilling message moments before horror accident killed 14
Roberta Pistolato was among 14 people who died when a cable snapped near Lake Maggiore in the mountains of north-west Italy. She sent her sister a message saying: We re getting on
Angelo Gasparro and his girlfriend Roberta Pistolato were among the dead in the cable car tragedy (Image: repubblica.it)
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By Press Association 2021
Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy
The investigation into Italy’s cable car disaster will focus on why the lead cable snapped and why the emergency brake did not engage and prevent the cabin from careering back down the mountain, the lead prosecutor said.
Verbania prosecutor Olimpia Bossi outlined the contours of her investigation into the incident, which killed 14 people, based on what she said was objective, empirical fact of what occurred.
She said: “The brakes of the security system didn’t work. Otherwise the cabin would have stopped.