Four people died and another person was injured, when a cable-car collapsed near the southern Italian city of Naples, firefighters said.
A cable broke on the link taking tourists from the town of Castellammare di Stabia, on the Gulf of Naples, to Monte Faito, about 3km away, reports said.
"Four lifeless bodies were found, while a fifth injured person was rescued and taken to hospital," the fire department said in a Telegram post, adding that this was a final toll.
Over 50 firefighters took part in rescue efforts.
One cabin carrying 16 passengers was close to Castellammare di Stabia and they were put down on firm ground.
A second cabin was above a precipice on Monte Faito and fog delayed the rescue effort, media reports said.
The cable car had just reopened for the summer season and prosecutors said they have launched an investigation into the incident.
"The cable-car reopened ten days ago with all the required safety conditions," said Umberto de Gregorio, head of the cable car company.
"What happened today is an unimaginable, unforeseeable tragedy," he added.
Italy's prime minister Georgia Meloni, who was on a trip to Washington, expressed "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims, her office said.
The cable car has been operating since 1952 and a similar incident in 1960 also left four people dead.
In May 2021, a cable car crashed in the Italian Alps near Lake Maggiore, killing 14 people.
In 1998, a US fighter jet flying a low level on a training flight cut a steel cable and 20 people in a cable car in the Dolomites were killed.
