At least 16 people were killed and 21 injured after a derailed sexual carriage in Portugal’s Lisbon capital, Portugal, a type of railway that moves up and down steep slopes.
Authorities are still investigating exactly what caused the disaster, shocking the city and leaving the nation in three days of mourning.
Here’s what we know about the tragedy so far:
According to CNN affiliate CNN Portugal, historic Gloria sexuality crashed at 6pm ET on Wednesday evening (1pm ET).
Witnesses reported seeing one of the two cars on the railroad derailed and ran around the street before hitting the building. One man whose first name is Bruno, told CNN Portugal that the fub bug cart is “completely out of control.”
“It looked like a toy thrown from one side of the Gloria pavement to the other. I heard the screams and suddenly, loudly, loudly,” he said. “I couldn’t hear people anymore, and a cloud of brown smoke appeared.”
Another man, a local resident who lived in the area for 50 years, told CNN Portugal that sex people smelled strange and made strange noises before the tragedy began.
Video of the aftermath of the crash shows emergency vehicles lined up in the Calsadadaglilia, a narrow street operated by sexuality. The wrecked railway carriage lies on the street, with distorted metal sheets hanging from the frame.
Local governments say it’s too early to determine the cause of the incident, but the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment reported that cables had separated along the line and the entity lost control.
Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said 16 people were killed in the accident on Thursday afternoon. Authorities previously said 17 people had been killed.
Earlier on Thursday, Margarida Castro Martins, director of Lisbon’s Civil Protection Agency, told reporters that 21 people were injured in the accident. People from Germany, Spain, South Korea, Cape Verde, Italy, Canada, France, Switzerland and Moroccan are included in this total, with the nationalities of the four victims not yet identified.
In a statement, the German Foreign Ministry said the Lisbon embassy is in close contact with local governments. Meanwhile, a source from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN that the Spanish citizens involved in the incident had already left the hospital.
An Italian woman who was traveling in a carriage of opposite sex during the accident told local Italian media that she was shocked by what had happened.
Stefania Lepidi told Corriere Della Sera that the car she was in had fallen behind and stopped at a concrete block at the edge of the truck.
Her arm was broken when she crashed, but Lepidi pointed out that if she was on the other trams, her fate could have been very different.
“We all came out of the carriage on our own feet. The other carriages were full of dead people,” she said.
The youngest person injured was three years old and the oldest was 65, said Castro Martins.
Citra, the Portuguese Transport Workers’ Union, said late Wednesday night, Andre Jorge Goncalbus Marquez was the brake guard working for Caris, the operator of fun bacteria. Caris confirmed his death, writing in a statement that Marquez is “a dedicated, friendly, smiling expert and willing to contribute to greater benefits.”
The identities of the other victims have not been disclosed yet.
According to Ilmin magazine at the University of Southern California, funculars use a counterweight pulley system to generate kinetic energy.
The simplest thing to say is that the entity can be thought of as a hybrid between an elevator and a train, the magazine says. They are most commonly used to transport people and freight steep inclines.
You can find funculars in cities around the world, including Istanbul, Tokyo, Barcelona, Stockholm, and Budapest. Hong Kong’s peak tram was the first to be introduced to Asia in 1888, according to the Territory Tourism Bureau.
Lisbon’s Elevedor da Gloria is one of the three fun bacteria in the city. According to the Lisbon Tourism Commission, it opened in 1885 and was electrified in 1915.
The railroad travels around 870 feet (265 meters) up and down the “very steep” Calsadadaglia.
On weekdays, you will be running up to 87 times a day, according to the Carris website schedule. The trip is available between 7am and midnight and lasts approximately three minutes. The two Gloria funcular rides cost 4.20 euros ($4.89).
The railway, which is used by locals and tourists alike, leads to a scenic observation point that climbs steep, rounded streets and provides views of the city.
In May, Cableler was closed for four days for maintenance work, according to an update on the Carris website.
On Wednesday, the operator said he “remorrowed the presence of the victim and was following the situation,” adding that “all maintenance protocols have been implemented and complied.”
Carris said he began an investigation alongside the authorities to determine the cause of the accident.
An investigation into the cause of the incident is underway, Lisbon Mayor Carlos Modus told reporters Thursday afternoon.
The city’s other two sexualities are suspended, he added.
Meanwhile, three days of mourning has been declared throughout Portugal. The event, including a free outdoor concert, has been postponed, the city’s cultural committee said on social media.
By Thursday, passersby had created a makeshift memorial just beyond Calsadadaglilia, leaving a bouquet of flowers under barricade tape set up by emergency workers.
The European Parliament has taken the flag to a semi-must in solidarity with Portugal, parliamentary president Roberta Metsora said on social media on Thursday.
“The tragic accident at Elevedor da Gloria has deeply shaken Europe,” she said.
