At least 15 dead, 18 injured after Lisbon’s funicular derails

At least 15 people were killed and 18 were injured on Wednesday after a horror crash on the iconic funicular railway in Lisbon, Portugal.

Shocking video from the aftermath shows the tram-like Gloria funicular crushed and destroyed following a derailment that left at least five of the injured in serious condition, officials said.

It is not yet known how many of those hurt are foreigners, they added, as the funicular is a popular tourist attraction.

“Lisbon is in mourning. This was a tragic accident … It’s a tragedy of the like we’ve never seen,” Mayor Carlos Moedas said.

Emergency services could be seen pulling bodies from the wreckage of the yellow-and-white electric-powered streetcar, which was lying on its side.

The cause of the crash on the funicular, which carries more than 40 passengers at a time up and down a steep 900-foot hillside in the Portuguese capital, remains unknown.

An overhead cable came loose along the route, causing the car to lose control and smash into a nearby building, Portuguese newspaper Observador reported.

Emergency services were called to the crash just after 6 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET) during the evening rush hour.

Some 62 emergency service personnel and 22 vehicles were scrambled to the scene of the crash, according to the civil protection website.

None of the dead have yet been identified.

Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa offered his condolences to all those affected.

The publicly owned Gloria Funicular, which first opened in 1885 and was electrified 30 years later, is one of the most iconic features of the city of Lisbon.

With Post wires