Three arrested over Italian cable car crash

The cable car line went back into service on April 26 after a wintertime coronavirus-linked shutdown.

Rescuers at the wreckage of the cable car (Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Piemontese/AP)

Police in northern Italy arrested three people on Wednesday over the cable car disaster that killed 14 people.

The arrests came after an investigation showed a clamp, intentionally placed on the brake as a patchwork repair, prevented the brake from engaging after the lead cable snapped.