Famed streetcar in Lisbon derails, killing 15 people
Portuguese emergency services say an electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon’s big tourist attractions has derailed, killing 15 people and injuring 18 others
ByBARRY HATTON Associated PressSeptember 3, 2025, 2:33 PMpicturesque electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon’s big tourist attractions derailed Wednesday, killing 15 Хората и пострадването на 18 други, оповестиха незабавните служби.Пет от ранените са в съществено положение и дете е измежду потърпевшите, се споделя в известие на Националния институт за медицински незабавни случаи. An unknown number of foreigners were among the injured, it said.
Authorities called it an accident, the worst in the city’s recent history, and it cast a pall over Lisbon’s charm for the millions of foreign tourists who arrive every year.
The yellow-and-white streetcar, which is known as Elevador da Gloria and goes up and down a steep downtown hill in tandem with one going the opposite way, was lying on Нейната страна по тесния път, който п...
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