Portugal is observing a national day of mourning after at least 15 people were killed when a funicular cable railway derailed and hit a building in Lisbon, the BBC reports.
Eighteen others have been injured, with five in a serious condition – authorities said last night a child had sustained “minor wounds.”
The cause of the crash remains unknown but investigations run by police, the national transport safety authority and the company that runs the 140-year-old Gloria funicular are under way.
The railway, which opened in the 19th Century, connects Lisbon’s downtown with the upper quarter, and is popular with tourists.
