The three defendants for the fall of a cable car in northern Italy on May 23, which left fourteen dead, left the prison tonight, where they were being held, after answering an interrogation, local media reported..

The owner of the company “Ferrovie del Mottarone”, which manages the cable car, Luigi Nerini, as well as the director of the infrastructure, Enrico Perocchio, have been released, although they remain on the list of investigated.

The head of cable car operations, Gabriele Tadini, has been placed under house arrest, despite admitting that he disabled the braking system, which caused the fall.

The disaster occurred on May 23, when the cable car cabin fell into the void between the alpine mountain of Mottarone and the town of Stresa (north), causing the death of the 14 people who were traveling inside.. A child was seriously injured and orphaned..

The three people in charge of the installation continue accused of the crimes of multiple intentional homicide, disaster due to negligence and removal of tools to avoid work accidents.

However, the judge of Verbania, who is investigating the case, has determined that there are no risks that motivate the permanence of these people in prison while the investigation of the Prosecutor's Office proceeds, according to local media reports..

His release from prison occurred after midnight, after the three accused underwent interrogation throughout the day on Saturday.

Tadini, head of operations, has acknowledged that he deactivated a part of the braking system, according to him, to speed up the movement of the cable car, which caused the cabin to fall into the void when the cable broke.