At Least 17 Dead In Lisbon Funicular Crash

A carriage on Glória Funicular, which connects Lisbon's downtown near the Restauradores Square with its upper quarter, known as the Bairro Alto, derailed at around 6:15 p.m. local time (1:15 p.m. E.T.), overturning onto its side and crashing into a building.

The crash initially killed 15 people, and two others who were injured died overnight in a hospital, Lisbon's Civil Protection Agency head Margarida Castro Martins told reporters. At least 21 others were injured in the crash, including several of whom were in critical condition.

“The Government and the Prime Minister deeply regret the accident that occurred this afternoon in the Glória elevator in Lisbon, and express their deep consternation and solidarity with the victims and their families,” the office of Portugal's Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said in a statement.“The Government is monitoring the situation and the response of various public medical emergency authorities, health units, civil protection, security forces, and transportation.”

The Portuguese government declared Thursday a day of national mourning.

The Glória Funicular is one of Lisbon's three traditional funicular elevators-cable railways that travel up and downhill. Two streetcars are connected to opposite ends of a single cable, counterbalancing each other. As one car goes down, its weight helps the other car go up. Some funiculars are driverless, but the Glória Funicular typically has a brakeman on board, who controls the streetcar's movement. (Time)

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