Italy Probes Cable Car Crash as Lone Child Survivor Recovers

Italy Probes Cable Car Crash as Lone Child Survivor Recovers
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, on May 23, 2022. Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Piemontese via AP
The Associated Press
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STRESA, Italy—Italy’s transport minister vowed Monday to establish the cause of a cable car disaster that killed 14 people, after the lead cable apparently snapped and the cabin careened back down the mountain until it came off the line and crashed to the ground.

The lone survivor of Sunday’s horrific incident, a 5-year-old Israeli boy living in Italy, remained hospitalized in Turin on Monday with multiple broken bones. The Israeli foreign ministry identified him as Eitan Biran.