Three dead and 20 injured after tourist tram ‘falls from height’

On Wednesday evening, at least three people were killed and 20 more people were injured after leaving Lisbon’s famous Gloria Fünical Rail.

The tragedy occurred after one of the cables was loosened along the route of the railway, and before the collision with a building, the control and career caused him to lose a steep hill.

The images from the site showed a tram -like funicular that carries up and down in the Portuguese capital, practically destroyed and attracted emergency workers from the debris.

Witness Teresa D’Avo told the Portuguese TV channel SIC: ‘He hit a ruthless strong building and was torn apart like a cardboard box. He hit with a tremendous force. There was no brake. ‘

Fernando Nunes Da Silva, a member of the former Lisbon Municipal Assembly and Engineering Specialist, said to Sis Notícias ‘breaking the traction cable and the brakes did not work when this cable was broken’.

‘Descending elevator gained momentum and continued at a large speed,’ ‘he added.

Portugal’s PSP police force confirmed that three people were killed and about 20 people were injured.

The drama took place at 6.05 on Wednesday evening after reporting that one of the cables was loosened

The images from the site showed a tram -like funicular that carries up and down in the Portuguese capital, practically destroyed and attracted emergency workers from the debris.

According to local reports, three of these pearls are said to be ‘critical’. Some injuries of victims, including open fractures, suffered

Civil Protection Director Marguarida Castro Martins, said the two previous wounded were critically injured.

It was not clear that they died later and whether they were between three deaths.

Some injuries of the victims contain open fractures. The nations of the victims have not yet been released.

Police, medical officials and firefighters ran to the scene. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident.

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said: ‘The President of the Republic, the Gloria Funicular Railway in Lisbon in the afternoon, especially deaths and serious injuries, as well as various minor injuries regret.

‘The President offers condolences and solidarity to families affected by this tragedy and hopes that the incident will be rapidly clarified by the authorities.’

Emergency teams work on a rail on Lisbon, Portugal, Wednesday.

The car under the line had not been apparently damaged, but CNN Portugal said he had to jump from the windows of the passengers when the incident took place

Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas at the scene.

The Fünicular Railway Line is one of the three of the species in Lisbon and is well used by tourists to navigate many upright hills of the city.

Opened in 1885, the line combines the city center near the restaurant square in the city center of Lisbon with Bairro Alto (upper quarter), famous for its live nightlife.

The municipality is operated by Carris, the public transport company.

Two cars are connected to the opposite ends of a transport cable with the traction provided by electric motors in two cars.

The car under the line had not been apparently damaged, but CNN Portugal said he had to jump out of the windows of the passengers when the incident took place.

In 1885, it was opened as the second of its species in the city. Although it is only electric in 1915, it still maintains its original features.

There are still not confirmed reports where a few people still fall into trapped.

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