At least three people killed, many injured in Lisbon funicular crash | Portugal

Authorities said that at least three people were killed and killed after about 20 injuries, Lisbon’s Gloria Funicular Railway came out of the rail and collapsed.

Three people were seriously injured.

The images obtained from the site showed a tram -like fünikür -like funicular carrying a slope up and down in the Portuguese capital, and the destroyed and emergency workers withdrew people from the debris.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said in a statement, burned the accident and expressed the hope that the authorities will soon determine the cause of the accident.

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

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

The two cars are connected to the opposite ends of the traction provided by electric motors in vehicles.

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.