Getty ImagesThree Brits are among those killed in the Lisbon funicular crash, police have said.
The Elevador da Gloria, a popular tourist attraction, derailed during the busy summer season, killing 16 people.
The victims from the UK, who have not been named, were an 82-year-old man, a 44-year-old man, and a 36-year-old woman.
The victims have been from various countries. In a statement released on Friday by Portugal’s national criminal investigation agency the nationalities of those killed was confirmed.
Five Portuguese, two South Korean, one Swiss, three British, two Canadians, one Ukrainian, one American and one French person died in the crash.
Authorities also clarified that a German citizen, who was identified yesterday as one of the fatalities, was later determined to have been injured and was alive in hospital.
Lisbon hosted around 8.5 million tourists last year, and long lines of people typically form for the streetcar’s short and picturesque trip a few hundred metres up and down a city street.
“This tragedy… goes beyond our borders,” Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said at his official residence, calling it “one of the biggest tragedies of our recent past”. Portugal observed a national day of mourning Thursday.
Investigations are under way to establish how one of the Gloria carriages lost control and crashed into a building at a bend in the road.
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