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Portugal is in mourning after 16 people died and some 20 more were injured when Lisbon’s famous funicular cable railway derailed on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
A transport worker was among those killed, while a three-year-old German boy was reported to have escaped with minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Those hurt include four Portuguese, and 11 foreign nationals from Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, South Korea, Morocco and Cape Verde, according to emergency services.<\/p>\n
Police have not yet confirmed the identities of those who died, but here is what we do know about the victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Some 16 people died in the crash, Portuguese Prime Minister Lu\u00eds Montenegro told a press conference on Thursday. The number was revised down after emergency services put the toll at 17 earlier in the day. <\/p>\n
Among the dead were seven men and eight women, and foreigners, Margarida Castro Martins, head of Lisbon’s Civil Protection Agency, said. <\/p>\n
Some foreign nationals were also killed, but where they were from remains unclear. <\/p>\n
Portuguese transport union Sitra said Andr\u00e9 Jorge Gon\u00e7alves Marques, who worked as the brake guard on the funicular, <\/b>was among the dead.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Facebook, the union wrote: “We send our condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the accident and wish them a speedy recovery as well as the best recovery to the others injured in the accident.”<\/p>\n
He was a “dedicated, kind and happy professional, always willing to contribute to the greater good”, according to his employer Carris, which runs the funicular.<\/p>\n
Ms Martins said the injured included 12 women and seven men aged between 24 and 65, and a three-year-old child.<\/p>\n
Local media reported that a German family-of-three were on board the funicular when it crashed.<\/p>\n
The father died at the scene, Portuguese news outlet Observador reported, while the mother was said to be in a critical condition in hospital, and a three-year-old boy sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n
A man in his 50s and woman in her 40s – employees of the charity Santa Casa da Miseric\u00f3rdia – also died, according to local media. <\/p>\n
Correio da Manha reported that seven employees of the charity were also injured. <\/p>\n
Of five “severely injured” people taken to S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 hospital on Wednesday, one has died, three were in a “controlled condition”, and one was in intensive care, the hospital said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
It added that a pregnant woman and a child were among four people with minor injuries who had been discharged. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Gl\u00f3ria funicular can carry about 40 passengers and is extremely popular with tourists – but it is also crucial for the city’s residents, to help them travel up and down Lisbon’s hilly streets.<\/p>\n
We don’t know how many people were on board, or the identity of all those who died. The death toll and number of people injured could change in the coming hours.<\/p>\n
We also don’t know if any UK nationals are involved – the UK foreign office has said it is aware of the incident and is ready to provide consular assistance to any affected British nationals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n