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- Lisbon’s funicular derailed on Wednesday, an accident that left at least fifteen dead and 18 injured. Read the article
- On the site, the mayor of the city Carlos Moedas “deplored an unprecedented tragedy for our city.” Brief
- According to local media, a cable separated, causing a loss of funicular control, which hit a neighboring building. Brief
- The government decrees a national grieving day for this Thursday. Brief
According to Lisbon’s funicular operator, all maintenance protocols “were respected”
Lisbon’s funicular operator claims to have respected “all maintenance protocols.”
A witness of the accident saw “the tram falling into a meter and a half” and making “a violent noise”
A witness of the accident says that he saw “the tram falling about a meter and a half.” “He made a violent noise, it was full,” she says.
“The only thing we could do was turn around and run towards Avenue,” he recalls.
The Government decrees a national mourning day for this Thursday
The Government announced tonight to decree a national mourning day for this Thursday. For its part, the City Council of the Portuguese capital “declared three days of municipal mourning in memory of the victims.”
The Portuguese Prime Minister “a tragic accident” that “constituted the country”
“A tragic accident of the elevator of Gloria (…) caused the irreparable loss of human life, which has begun to their families and dismay the country,” said Prime Minister Luis Montenegro of the Lusa News Agency.
The former deputy from abroad Stéphane Vojetta shares his “amazement”
Stéphane Vojetta, former deputy of the French abroad, shares in BFMTV his “amazement” after the funicular accident that is “a symbol of Lisbon.”
The mayor of Lisbon deplores a “very serious accident that should never have happened”
On the site, the mayor of the city Carlos Moedas “deplored an unprecedented tragedy for our city.”
“Lisbon is mourning,” he told La Prensa, after this “serious accident that should never have happened.”
At least 15 dead and 18 injured after the Funicular Accident of Lisbon
Hello everyone and welcome to this direct dedicated to the derailment of the Lisbon funicular. The accident left at least 15 dead and 18 injured, according to a last provisional evaluation communicated by the help of the Portuguese capital. The latter specifies that all victims have been released from the rubble.
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