Site of deadly Lisbon funicular crash as Portugal begins day of mourning

Описание: (4 Sep 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lisbon, Portugal - 4 September 2025
1. Various of crash site with police officers nearby ++PART MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Portugal observed a national day of mourning Thursday, a day after a famous Lisbon streetcar derailed and killed 15 people in the capital’s worst accident in recent history.

Authorities have given no information about those killed or the 23 that police said were injured in the accident, raising the initial casualty toll.

The 19th-century streetcar is one of Lisbon’s big tourist attractions and is usually packed with tourists at this time of year for its short and picturesque trip up and down one Lisbon’s steep hills.

Teams of pathologists at the National Forensics Institute, reinforced by colleagues from three other Portuguese cities, worked through the night on autopsies, officials said. The injured were admitted to several hospitals in the Lisbon region.

The streetcar's crumpled wreckage was still on the downtown road where it crashed Thursday, cordoned off by police. Accident investigators were due at the scene. Officials declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or a snapped cable may have caused the accident.

The yellow-and-white streetcar, known as Elevador da Gloria, was lying on its side on the narrow road that it travels on, its sides and top crumpled. It crashed into a building where the road bends, leaving parts of the mostly metal vehicle crushed.

The accident occurred at the start of the evening rush hour, around 6 p.m. local time. Emergency officials said all victims were pulled out of the wreckage in just over two hours.

AP video shot by Jorge Geronimo

===========================================================

Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected].

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter:   / ap_archive  
Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​
Instagram:   / apnews  


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...