Lisbon funicular crash: Portugal declares day of mourning as death toll rises to 17 | Portugal

Portugal, at least 17 people were killed one day after the national mourning, and the city’s famous funicular cars fell into a building on Wednesday evening and hit a building when 21 people were injured.

An Emergency Service Spokesman said some foreign nationals are among the dead, but they did not define the victims or did not explain their nations.

Three wounded people were treated in various hospitals in the Lisbon region. Two of the worst wounded victims died in the hospital overnight and increased the first death fee from 15 to 17.

Authorities said that pathologist teams from the National Institute of Forensic Medicine are working on autopsy during the night.

Public prosecutors started an investigation into the accident case immediately after 18:00 on Wednesday.

The vehicle, known as Elevador Da Glória, is moving and downward in the center of Lisbon.

The images showed the wreckage of the yellow-white car lying next to the narrow street. He was wrinkled and hit a building twisted. Mostly made of metal parts of the vehicle were crushed.

Witnesses said that the tram was looking down from the hill to the local media. “He ruthlessly hit the building and torn apart like a cardboard box,” he told the TV channel to the TV channel.

Another witness, Bruno Pereira, CNN told Portugal The car at the bottom of the hill suddenly hugged from the track and pavement, and the other was “and hit the walls like a rock”.

“A few seconds later, the other tram, which balances it, came out of control completely, hit the walls, people screaming. In Calça, he hit the curve between Glória and Rua da Glória for the last time and stopped with a high collision,” he said.

“There was panic. We all ran, everyone there. Some people tried to pull people under the tram… There were parquet stones everywhere, and all the metal grooves where the car worked went out.”

Lisbon’s Mayor Carlos Moedas visited the stage shortly after the accident news appeared, the city mourned, he said.

“This is a tragedy that has never been in our city before,” he said to journalists. “Now it is time for action and help. I thank everyone for their answers in just a few minutes. The only thing I can say is that this is a very tragic day.”

The government announced on Thursday that it would be a national mourning day. In a statement from the Prime Minister’s office, Luís Montenegro said that the tragedy was “frustrated… Families and the country is horrified”.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa burned the accident and expressed the hope that the authorities would soon determine the case.

The Glória line, which carries approximately 3 million people a year, is one of the three funicular lines operated by the municipal public transport company Carris and is also used by tourists and residents.

Two cars, each of which can carry approximately 40 people, are connected to the opposite ends of the traction provided by electric motors in cars.

Carris, monthly and weekly maintenance programs and daily inspections, including “All maintenance protocols were carried out,” he said.

In local media, the Lisbon Municipal Assembly said that other trams suspended their activities and ordered an emergency control.

The accident wished condolences to European political leaders.

Neighboring Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said that he was upset by the “terrible accident in Lisbon: uz We send all our love and solidarity to the victims and the Portuguese people in this difficult time. Also, we hope that the injured will recover quickly.”

Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that he had met his Portuguese colleague and expressed his “solidarity with victims”.

The European Commission President Ursula von expressed his sadness and expressed our condolences to the families of the victims.

Britain’s foreign, Nations Community and Development Office spokesman, in contact with local authorities and “affected British citizens, if there is a consular assistance,” he said.

Portugal and especially Lisbon have experienced a tourism boom every last decade, and visitors are entering the popular city center in the summer.

Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report