Portugal investigates crash on historic Lisbon funicular that killed 16


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  • Thursday, 04 Sep 2025

The wreckage of the Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway car that derailed and crashed, resulting in fatalities and injuries, in Lisbon, Portugal, September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Rocha

LISBON (Reuters) -Portuguese authorities were investigating on Thursday what caused a Lisbon funicular railway popular with tourists to hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16 people and injuring 22 more when it crashed into a building on Wednesday.

The Prosecutor General's office said coroners had so far identified the bodies of five Portuguese, two South Koreans and one Swiss national, without disclosing further details of those killed.

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