US EditionCanadian among injured in deadly Lisbon streetcar crash
Preliminary findings suggest a snapped traction cable caused the derailment of a historic funicular, killing 16 and injuring 21, including tourists from eight countries, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a 19th-century Lisbon funicular derailed, killing at least 17 and injuring 21, including one person from Canada and passengers from seven other countries.
- The Elevador da Gloria, a tourist-frequented funicular inaugurated in 1885, operates a short, curved route up a steep hill in tandem with an opposite car, carrying more than 40 passengers and serving Lisbon residents and tourists.
- The yellow-and-white streetcar lay on its side with sides and top crumpled after striking a building at a road bend in downtown Lisbon around evening rush hour at about 6pm, and all inside were rescued in just over two hours.
- Portugal observed a national day of mourning Thursday after the capital's worst disaster, Lisbon City Council halted operations of three other funiculars, and several hospitals in the Lisbon region received the injured.
- Officials have declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or snapped cable caused the derailment, and resident witness Teresa d'Avo said the car `fell apart like a cardboard box` and seemed to have no brakes as police inspected the crash site Thursday.
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