Pictured: British couple who died in Naples cable car crash
A British couple who were killed in a cable car accident in Italy had been spending their retirement motorcycling abroad, friends said as the pair were pictured for the first time.
Graeme and Elaine Winn died along with two others when their cable car fell 100ft into a mountainside overlooking the bay of Naples after steel cables snapped.
The accident happened at the top of an almost two-mile route connecting the seaside town of Castellammare di Stabia, near the Amalfi Coast, with the nearby Monte Faito mountain.
Carmine Parlato, 58, an Italian who worked on the cable car route, and Janan Suliman, 25, a tourist from Israel, were also killed. Thabet Suliman, 30, Ms Suliman's brother, survived but broke both his legs and suffered other serious injuries.
The holidaymakers and the cabin's driver are said to have been only 20 seconds away from reaching the top terminal.
Prosecutors in the Torre Annunziata region have opened an investigation into possible manslaughter charges after the crash, which happened around 28 miles (45km) south-east of Naples.
Neighbours of the couple, who were from Market Harborough in Leicestershire, said they had been planning to spend a week away in Italy.
Ms Win, 58, was a school business manager at Welland Park Academy, a secondary school in Harborough. Mr Winn, 64, is believed to have been an IT consultant for secondary schools before retiring in September 2017.
The couple were keen motorcyclists and had toured all over Europe. They moved to Market Harborough in 2017, relocating from Rayleigh, Essex, and both had two children from previous marriages.
One neighbour said: 'They were lovely, lovely people and it is very sad. Graeme has retired and he and Elaine enjoyed going on holidays. They told me they were off to Italy for a week and were so excited. They had spent Christmas away, I think in Turkey.'
Another said: 'He was really into his motorbikes, and he was always tinkering around with them and fixing his or someone else's. There is an elderly neighbour across the road, and Graeme would keep an eye out for him.
'They had grandchildren, who had only been up to visit the other weekend. When I saw on the BBC website that they had died in the accident I was in disbelief and very saddened. They would be missed around here. It is a pleasant close knit neighbourhood.'
Chris Mann, a friend, wrote in a tribute on Facebook that the couple had been 'good friends, who were enjoying retirement with lots of motorbike tours and holidays.'
Another neighbour said: 'They were a very nice couple, and it is so sad that this accident happened. They were both into their motorbikes and liked travelling. It is a terrible irony that they died while out on their latest adventure.'
The couple's family declined to comment when contacted by The Telegraph.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'We are supporting the families of a British couple who have died in Italy and are in touch with the local authorities.'
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