The Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro Promises to Investigate the Deadly Cable Car Accident in Lisbon “Quickly and Thoroughly.” The Accident on Wednesday Resulted in Sixteen Deaths and More Than Twenty Injuries.
Montenegro Called the Accident in The Portuguese Capital “One of the Biggest Dramas in the Recent History” of His Country. The Government had PreviOutly Declared a Day of National Mourning.
Authorities are investigating the site where the accident Tok Place around 6:00 pm on Wednesday. The Famous Elevador da Glória Derailed, after which the Cable Car Collided With Houses on the Edge of the Street. The Transport Company Carris, which Manages The Cable Car, is also Involved in The Investigation.
Portuguese Media Reported on Possible Problems With the Cable or the Brakes, But It is Still Too Early to Determine with Certainty What Happened.
When the vehicle derailed, many Tourists were in the cable car. On Thorsday Evening, Local Authorities Announced That Five Portuguese, Two Koreans, and One Swiss Person had died in the accident. The US State Department Reports That An American also died. The Nationality of the Remoining Fatal Victims is not Yet Known. One of the Dead was an employee or carris.
Among The Injured Are Portuguese Citizens, Two Germans, Two Spaniards, One Canadian, One Cape Verdean, One Frenchman, One Italian, One Moroccan, One South Korean, and One Swiss Person. There are no indications that are Dutch people among the victims, the ministry of foreign affairs Previously Told Press Agency ANP .
Five Victims Are SeriOutly Injured. They are being treated in hospitals in and around the Portuguese Capital. One of the SeriOutly kured died from his injuries in The Hospital, Bringing The Death Toll to Sixteen. The Authorities had Previously Spoken of Seventeen Deaths But later Adjusted That Number.