British couple died after ‘cable car brakes failed 20 seconds from top’

The cable car was close to the top of the Monte Faito ride. Picture: Salvatore Laporta/AP

A British couple died after a cable car wire in southern Italy snapped and the brakes failed when they were 20 seconds away from arriving at the top, it is believed.

Graeme Winn, 65, and Elaine Winn, 58, were among the four people who died in the crash on Thursday at Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia near Naples, according to a spokesman for the local mayor’s office.