Lisbon, Portugal (AP) – Portugal observed a national day of mourning on Thursday, the day after the famous Lisbon tram He went off track and killed 15 people. In the worst accident in the capital in recent history.
Authorities have raised tolls for the first victims as they have not given information about the 23 people killed or police said they were injured in the accident. A 19th century tram One of the great attractions in Lisbon And there are usually picturesque trips where foreigners are packed into this time of year, drawing up and down one of the steep hills in the city.
A team of pathologists from the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, which was enhanced by colleagues from three other Portuguese cities, worked overnight at autopsies, officials said. The injured were admitted to several hospitals in the Lisbon area.
The crumpled wreckage of the tram still lies on the downtown road that crashed on Thursday and was driven away by police. Accident investigators have been due at the scene. Authorities refused to speculate whether the brakes were broken or the snapped cable could have caused the accident.
The yellow and white tram known as the Elevedor da Gloria lay on the narrow road it travels on, its sides, its sides, and on the summit. The road crashed into a bent building, crushing some of the vehicles, mostly metal.
“It hit the building with brutal force and fell apart like a cardboard box,” Teresa Dabo told Portuguese television channel SIC. She described the tram as out of control, saying it looked like there was no brakes and saw passersby bump into the nearby Freedom Avenidada Freedom, or the city’s main boulevard.
The accident occurred at the start of evening rush hour around 6pm local time. Emergency officials said all the victims were pulled from the wreckage in just two hours.
Technically known as sex, the trams are used with steel cables and can carry over 40 people sitting and standing. It is also commonly used by Lisbon residents.
Started in 1885, the service moves up and down in parallel up and down hundreds of meters (yards) of hills on curved, traffic-free roads in opposite directions.
Lisbon’s city council has halted three other famous open-pit miners in the city while immediate inspections were being conducted.
Elevador Da Gloria is classified as a national monument.
Lisbon hosted around 8.5 million tourists last year, and people of long people were usually formed due to short rides on popular streetcars.
Carris, the tram-operating company, said the scheduled maintenance was undertaken. It expressed the deepest sadness of the victim and his family in a social media post, promising that all due diligence will be taken when finding the cause of the accident.
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebello de Sousa expressed his sadness for his affected families, and Lisbon Mayor Carlos Modus said the city is in mourning. “It’s a tragedy we’ve never seen,” Modus said.
The Portuguese government announced on Thursday that a day of mourning for its citizens will be observed.
“The tragic accident has caused irreparable losses of human lives, mourning families and disappointing the nation,” the statement said.
