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The Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announced that, unlike what was previously declared by the competent authorities, there are only 16 confirmed dead, and not 17, after it arranged a cozy car in Lisbon.
This information was confirmed by civil protection From Lisvona to the Lusa news agency: “On the basis of the existing sources, two victims died in the hospital tonight. This information is incorrect, and double registration was discovered, so at night it will be corrected and specified that one person died in the hospital of San Jose, at night, at night, so one person died at night. Thus, there are 16 victims to mourn, and not 17, as mentioned this morning. “
At a press conference after a cabinet meeting on Thursday morning, Luis Monteregro said that Five people received serious injuries. According to the latest data, a total of 21 wounded.
Together with the mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moddas, The head of the Portuguese government promised the “fastest possible reaction” “All state bodies involved” to find out the causes of the accident. He also announced that “all the details of the measures taken” by the authorities participating in the investigation will be made “as soon as possible”.
Luis Montenegro described the accident “One of the greatest tragedies in our recent history” and He emphasized that the government in contact with the families of victims,“ both in the country and abroad through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “, To provide any support that is considered necessary.
According to the Prime Minister, TAP, the Portuguese carrier, was also “already available” to provide support in accordance with his duties: both to transfer injuries and for the transportation of victims to the countries of their origin.
Lisbon municipality undergoes an independent examination
The mayor of Lisbon announced that he demanded from Carris, an organization that controls the operation of the cable car in the center of Lisbon in order to begin an internal investigation of what happened and also External, independent to assign all responsibilities. Carlos Moodas, who was also present at the meeting of the office, also emphasized that “everything that can be said now is a pure hypothesis.”
The mayor also emphasized that he ordered her Surgery of work of the rest of the cables and what The municipal council intends to continue “direct control”To guarantee their safety conditions. In fact, this will be the “only issue of the daily position” at the next meeting of the municipal council.
Carlos Mood also noted that at present the priority is to “support families” of the affected tragedy, which provides “every possible support”. And he emphasized that this is “time to respect the victims” and their families, as well as those who were injured.
What happened on Wednesday afternoon?
The cable car that moves between restaurants and San Pedro -e -Akantara broke. A The incident occurred shortly after 18:00 on Wednesday And emergency services arrived immediately.
According to the newspaper PublicThe tragedy was caused by the breakdown of the security cable connecting two rising trains with a capacity of 42 people and acts as a counterweight.
Up a universal car near Praca DOS restaurants fell from one to two meters to the lower part of the rail without cleaning, causing minor injuries.
The car, on the other hand, traveling down, was separated from the rail in which they moved, crashed at high speed and overthrew the turn, falling onto the building, where it was completely destroyed.
What do we know about the victims?
According to the latest data provided by Prime Minister Portuguese, 16 confirmed the dead. Initially, the authorities transferred 15 dead to the Institute of Forensic Medicine. But at night, one of the people with the most serious injuries was in the hospital of San Jose.
According to the director of the civil defense of Lisbon, Margarita Castro, the first 15 dead were adults, seven men and eight women. Details of nationality have not yet been provided by the prosecutor’s office, but The accident includes 38 people from at least 10 nationalities.
The victims were delivered to various Lisbon hospitals: San Jose, Santa Maria, San Francisco Xavier, Hospital of Cascake and Amadora-Sintra. The victims include four Portuguese, two Germans, two Spaniards, one South Korean, a resident of the Green Cape, Canadian, Italian, French, Swiss and Moroccan.
Although there is no official information yet, the identity of some victims is already known. According to CNN, Four dead They are employees of the Holy House of Mercy. There are also three other employees of the fund among the victims.
The Association of Transport Workers (Sitra) also published information about one of the dead: Andre Marquez, a 40 -year -old engineer working on the cable car.