FROM DAILY MAIL: At least fifteen people are dead and 18 more injured after Lisbon’s famous Gloria Funicular derailed on Wednesday evening.
The tragedy occurred after one of the cables came loose along the railway’s route, causing it to lose control and careen down a steep hill before colliding with a building at around 6pm.
Footage from the site showed the tram-like funicular, which carries people up and down a hillside in the Portuguese capital, practically destroyed as emergency workers were pulling people out of the wreckage.
Portugal Police have now confirmed the number of fatalities has reached ‘at least 15’ following earlier reports that suggested the accident claimed the lives of three.
According to Sky News, the Gloria can carry more than 40 people and is classified as a national monument. It connects downtown Lisbon with Bairro Alto as two carriages attached to the same cable run parallel to each, taking people up and down the hill. It is used by residents and tourists.
The yellow and white carriage appears to have fallen apart in the crash.
Witness Teresa d’Avo described what happened, saying, “It crashed into a building with brutal force and fell apart like a cardboard box. It crashed with tremendous force. It didn’t have any kind of brakes.”
She had been next to the Glória elevator when the elevator that was further down, almost parking, suffered a small jolt.”
“The people inside were obviously scared, and we rushed to help. Soon after, we saw the elevator upstairs was out of control, without brakes, and we all started running away because we thought it was going to hit the one below.
“But it fell around the bend and crashed into the building,” she added.
Lisbon’s mayor Carlos Moedas has ordered three days of mourning for the victims of the “tragic accident,” which includes foreign tourists.
“I extend my heartfelt condolences to all the families and friends of the victims,” Moedas added. “Lisbon is in mourning.”
🚨 Portugal | The derailment of the Elevador da Glória, one of the main tourist funiculars in the center of Lisbon, caused the death of at least 15 people and 18 injured.
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