Lisbon funicular worker among those who were killed in the accident

Portugal is in mourning after 16 people died and 23 others were injured when the famous railway from the Funicular cable Glória de Lisbon derailed on Wednesday evening.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said on Thursday at a press conference that the number was revised after the emergency services had toll at 17.

Among the dead were seven men and eight women, Margarida Castro Martins, head of the Lisbon Civil Protection Agency.

Five of the people killed were Portuguese, while three British, two South Koreans, two Canadians, an American, an Ukrainian, a Swiss and a French national were also among the dead, police said.

The police have not yet confirmed the identity of those who died, but some have been appointed elsewhere. Here is what we know about them.

Mr. Marques, who worked as a braking guard on funicular, was among the dead, said the Portuguese Sitra Transport Syndicate.

“We send our condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the accident and wish them rapid recovery as well as the best recovery of the other injured in the accident,” the union wrote on Facebook.

He was a “dedicated, kind and happy professional, always willing to contribute to the greater good”, according to his employer Carris, who manages the funicular.

Vladimiro Santos, the childhood friend of Mr. Marques, told the Portuguese newspaper Morning Mail that he had grown up in the village of Sarnns de Saint-Simão in the center of Portugal and moved to Lisbon as a young man.

Mr. Marques leaves behind a woman and two, reported the newspaper.

The former volleyball referee was appointed victim of the accident by the Portuguese Volleyball Federation, who said that she was “deeply saddened by the tragedy”.

He added that Mr. Trindade had been head of the Lisbon Volleyball Association and as an arbitrator.

He worked for the organization Santa Casa da Misericórdia. The charitable organization said that four of its employees died in the accident, but did not name them. On Friday, two others stayed in the hospital.

Mr. Trindade also worked in the village of Estoril – about 24 km (14 miles) from Lisbon – as a guest teacher in a higher education institute specializing in hospitality and tourism.

Three other workers from Santa Casa Dalicórdia were also killed. One of them was lawyer Alda Matias, according to the Portuguese media.

In a statement to the employees, Paulo Sousa, mediator of Santa Casa da Misericórdia, said: “It is in shock that we all find ourselves. We have lost colleagues, friends, people with whom we shared our daily life and our mission.”

An employee, Valdemar Bastos, told the BBC that the staff often used funicular, as well as tourists and the elderly, rather than getting on the steep hill.

A family of three German children was also aboard the funicular when they crashed, local media reported.

The Portuguese press observador previously reported that the father had been killed, but the police said on Friday that a German citizen appointed as one of the deadly victims was discovered alive in the hospital.

The mother would have been in critical condition at the hospital and a three -year -old boy suffered minor injuries.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed to the Ukrainian BBC service that one of those killed in Lisbon’s funicular crash is a 54 -year -old Ukrainian man.

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “great sadness” after the death of a Frenchwoman.

Out of five people “seriously injured” taken to São José hospital after the accident, one died, three were in “controlled condition” and one was in intensive care, the hospital announced on Thursday.

He added that a pregnant woman and a child were one of four people suffering from minor injuries that had been released.

Alvaro Santos Almeida, Head of the Health of Portugal Service said on Thursday, said 23 people had been injured. Six of them were in intensive care and three had undergone minor injuries.

Three of the wounded are Portuguese, one is German, one is South Korean, one is Swiss, one is Cape Verdean and one is Moroccan.

He added that Spanish, Israelis, Brazilian, Italian and French nationals were also “involved in this incident”.

We do not know how many people were on board, nor the identity of all those who died. The number of deaths and the number of people injured could still change.

The Glória Funicular can transport around 40 passengers and is extremely popular with tourists – but it is also crucial for city residents, to help them travel from top to Lisbon hilly streets.