Witnesses describe fatal Lisbon funicular crash

Reuters The crumpled metal yellow and white funicular is seen on its side against a building in Lisbon, beside a Subway restaurant sign, as two male emergency workers walk on the cobblestoned street.Reuters

It was just after 18:00 on Wednesday when a carriage on Lisbon’s famous Gloria funicular careened around the bend of a steep cobblestoned street, crashed into a building, and crumpled, eyewitnesses said.

The carriage “lost control”, descending at full speed and crashing on its side, Helen…

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