Prime Minister Luís Montenegro says it ‘is one of the biggest human tragedies of our recent history’

The incident happened near the Avenida da Liberdade around 6pm on Wednesday evening

President laments accident on railway that carries passengers up and down a hillside in Portuguese capital

Footage shows the tram-like funicular, which is popular with tourists, destroyed as emergency workers pulled people out of the wreckage

Eyewitnesses told local media that the streetcar careened down the hill, apparently out of control

At least 15 people died and 18 were injured when Lisbon’s historic Gloria funicular derailed and crashed into a building on Wednesday evening (04 September), authorities…

Portuguese government declare national day of mourning to remember people killed in cable car crash

Watch live as emergency crews work at the site of Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway crash on Thursday (4 September).

Eyewitnesses tell local media the streetcar careened down the hill

More than a dozen people killed and 21 others injured after one of city’s famous streetcars derailed

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Prime Minister Luís Montenegro says it ‘is one of the biggest human tragedies of our recent history’

Sixteen people killed and 21 injured in crash on Wednesday

Four employees of a non-profit organisation and a transport worker are among those who died.

More than 20 people were injured when the funicular derailed and crashed into a building

Fatalities now includes five Portuguese citizens, three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, and one from each of France, Switzerland, Ukraine and the USPolice released no…