Death Toll In Lisbon Streetcar Crash Rises To 17 As Portugal Observes National Day Of Mourning

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – an emergency service official, said that the death fee in the collapse of a famous Lisbon tram, which is popular among tourists, rose to 17 Thursday.

Lisbon Civil Protection Agency President Marguarida Castro Martins told journalists, all the dead were all adults. He did not give their names or nationalities by saying that their families would be informed.

He said that 21 people were injured in the accident on Wednesday. In addition to the Portuguese people, two Germans, two Spanish, and each of them from France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Morocco, South Korea and Cape Verde said.

The range of nations reflected how big the famous trams were for tourists who pack the Portuguese capital in the summer season.

Portugal observed a national mourning day on Thursday after the worst disaster of the capital’s recent history.

Although the authorities did not give any details about those killed, the transport workers’ Union Sitra said that André Marques, the tram’s brakes, is among the dead.

19th century tram One of Lisbon’s major touristic places And usually one of the upright hills of the city is full of strangers at this time of the year for the upward and down short and short short and picturesque journey.

Authorities said that the pathologist teams at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, strengthened by their colleagues from the other three Portugal, said that they were working on autopsy during the night. The wounded were admitted to several hospitals in the Lisbon region.

Streetcar’s wrinkled debris was still on the way to the city where he fell on Thursday and was taken under the cord by the police.

Portugal’s judicial police force investigating the serious events detectives, deserted rails and wrecks photographed.

Authorities refused to speculate whether a faulty brake or a cable may be out of the rail.

Elevador also known as Gloria, the yellow-white tram, next to them, the sides and the upper wrinkled narrow road was lying next to the road. He hit a building where the road was bent and mostly crushed a part of the metal vehicle.

Portugal The television channel told SIC, “He brutally hit the building and torn apart like a cardboard box,” he said. He described Streetcar as out of control and seemed to be out of control, and he said that the passers -by -near Avenida also watched Liberdade or the city’s main street Freedom Boulevard.

The accident took place at the beginning of the evening at around 18.00 in the evening. Emergency officials said that all victims were withdrawn from the debris over more than two hours.

The technically called funicular tram is used by steel cables and can carry more than 40 people, sit and stand. It is also widely used by Lisbon inhabitants.

The service, which was opened in 1885, goes up and down with a curved, reversing of a hill of a few hundred meters on a traffic -free road. The restaurant goes between Square and the Bairro Alto neighborhood, famous for its nightlife.

The Lisbon Municipal Assembly stopped the operations of the three other famous funicular tram in the city, while the control of the city immediately stopped.

Alevador is also classified as a national monument.

Lisbon hosted approximately 8.5 million tourists last year, and the long human line is often for short driving on popular tram.

Streetcar running the company Carris, planned maintenance, he said. In a social media mission, he presented his deepest condolences to the victims and their families, and promised to find all the situation detection to find the reasons.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wished condolences to the affected families and said that Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas mourned the city. “As we’ve never seen before, a tragedy, Moed Moedas said.

The Portuguese government announced one day national mourning on Thursday.

“A tragic accident caused an irreparable loss of irreparable human life that mourned their families and horrified the whole country.”

The European Union Flags in the European Parliament and the European Commission in Brussels flew in half personnel. More than one EU leader expressed their condolences on social media.