Pictured: Mother, 41, who fell 500ft to her death from a cable car in front of her husband and...

Margherita Lega had been hiking with her husband Rocco Meloni and two kidsThe first pictures have emerged of a mother who plunged 500ft to her death from a cable car after she was dragged away by the mountain lift system in front of her horrified family.

Prosecutors are now investigating the death as manslaughter, with a local man who was operating the luggage cableway when Ms Lega was using it reportedly being questioned by police. The mayor of nearby Calasca Castiglione, Silvia Tipaldi, said she was 'shocked' by the tragic death and shared her condolences with the family.

The cableway, which connects the Olino hamlet with the Drocala alpine pasture, is said to travel a distance of around 1,300ft and crosses a steep ravine. Alpine rescue crewmembers recovered her body by winching themselves down from the helicopter and pulling the mother out of the ravine by air.

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