The mayor of the city deplores a “tragic accident.” This Wednesday, September 3 at 6 pm on Wednesday, at 6 PM, one of Lisbon’s famous funicular were deranged and made many victims in one of the very tourist districts of the Portuguese capital, an “unprecedented” tragedy “according to the mayor of the city.
The Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez said he was “shocked by the terrible accident that involved the funicular” of Lisbon.
“Our condolences and our solidarity go to the families of the victims and the Portuguese people in this difficult period,” he wrote.
• A car returns
The accident that occurred at 6 pm and whose precise causes were not known immediately, the cars of the famous glory was revoked, which connects the place Du Rossio with the districts of the high Bairro and the real principle.
The images transmitted on social networks show the moments immediately after the drama: in a cloud of smoke and debris, the funicular completely dislocated against a wall appears, after apparently it has not taken the turn at the bottom of the street that borrowed.
• A heavy record
The derailment of one of Lisbon’s emblematic funicular left at least 15 dead, according to a last report communicated at night with the help of the Portuguese capital and 18 injured.
All the victims were released from the debris of the accident, said Tiago Augusto, head of the Medical Emergency Department, added that foreigners were among the victims, without being able to specify their nationality.
Among the 18 injured are 3 children, according to Martin Silva, deputy director of the Portuguese television channel SIC. Indicates in BFMTV that the funicular driver is one of the 15 people who died in the accident.
“This is the first fatally affected victim identified,” he said.
• NATIONAL LORADOR
In the act, the mayor of Lisbon 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.”
The Portuguese government has announced that a National Duel Day was decreed on Thursday. At the same time, Maria de Lisbon announced “three days of municipal grieving in memory of the victims.”
• Still vague circumstances
According to local media, a cable separated, causing a loss of funicular control, which hit a neighboring building. The public transport company in Lisbon Carris, operator of the Lisbon Funicular, insured after the drama of having respected “all maintenance protocols.”
“Everything has been scrupulously respected,” said the president of the Board of Directors of Carris, Pedro Bogas, who went to the accident, before recognizing that the maintenance of these vehicles was provided by an external service provider for 14 years, without providing more explanations.
Source: BFM TV
