Dar es Salaam, April 18 -- ITALY: A BRITISH couple were among the four people killed in a cable car crash near Naples, Italian police have confirmed.

The mountain cable car cabin plunged to the ground after one of the cables supporting it snapped on Thursday, according to reports.

The UK foreign office said it was in touch with local authorities but has not confirmed the identities of the victims.

Prosecutors have launched an investigation as officials said the victims were three passengers and the driver of the cable car.

A fifth person in the cabin was “extremely seriously injured” in the crash at Mount Faito and airlifted to hospital, officials said.

Sixteen people were rescued from a second cabin which was also on the...