Trio arrested over Italy cable car deaths allowed to leave prison

Sun, 30 May, 2021 - 11:27

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

The three suspects in Italy’s cable car disaster that killed 14 people were allowed to leave prison on Sunday after a judge indicated most of the blame fell on a service technician who intentionally disabled the car’s emergency brake because it kept locking spontaneously.

Judge Donatella Banci Buonamici said there was not sufficient evidence suggesting the owner of the Mottarone cable car company, Luigi Nerini, or the maintenance chief, Enrico Perocchio, knew the technician had deactivated the brake on several occasions even before the May 23 disaster.