Elevator of Glory Decreased this Wednesday
The Elevator of Gloria, in Lisbon, derailed this Wednesday, at 18:04, on the Calçada da Gloria. The derailment caused the death of three people and more than 20 injured, nine of which are in serious condition. The accident was caused by an elevator cable that released.
According to an INEM source, the derailment of the Glory Elevator, around 6 pm on Wednesday, provoked Three Mortal Victims and more than two dozen injuries.
Nine of the injured are in serious condition, the source of INEM added to the television station. The PSP has confirmed the existence of deadly victims, but did not specify the death toll.
Speaking to the Lusa Agency, the Municipal Director of Civil Protection, Margarida Castro Martins, indicated that there is record of 20 people involvedtwo wounded in critical condition, five light and several incarcerated.
The Causes of the accident; the advance that was caused by a Cable of the elevator that released.
The Gloria Elevator is managed by Carris, connects the Restoirs to the Garden of São Pedro de Alcântara, in the Alto neighborhood, in a course of about 265 metros. With a stocking that can reach 43 people, it is very sought by tourists.
According to SIC Notícias, had been subjected to general reparation In 2022 and an intermediate in 2024, as part of the defined periodic maintenance protocols.
A witness of the accident heard by the television station says he saw the “unbridled” elevator brutal in a building and undo. The passers -by then began running to Avenida da Liberdade “afraid to clash in another and reach the road,” the witness reports.
The Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Coinsand the Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luzthey moved to the scene of the accident.
O President of the Republic He regretted the accident and, in a published on the official website of Belém, speaks of “deadly victims”, as well as serious and light injuries.
“The President of the Republic deeply regrets the accident with the (funicular) elevator of Gloria, in Lisbon, in particular the deadly victims And the serious injuries, as well as the various minor injuries, ”says Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s note.
In the same text, the head of state presents “his regret and solidarity to families affected by this tragedy and hopes that the occurrence will be quickly clarified by the competent entities. ”
According to Lusa Source of the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment, the Sapators sent eight vehicles and 34 elements. According to the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority page at 19:15, 62 operational and 22 vehicles were in place.
The Prevention and Investigation Office of Aircraft and Railway Accidents (GPIAAF) will open an investigation upon decrease
“GPIAAF will open an investigation into the accident, but due to the limitation of human means in the railway area, Only tomorrow morning [quinta-feira] will start a Evidence Collection on site”He said to the Lusa agency source of this public organism.
Built by the Portuguese engineer Raoul mesnier you ponsard and inaugurated on October 24, 1885, the Glory Elevator is One of the three funicular History of Lisbon, the second of the genre to be present in the streets of the capital.
Its route, which connects the Praça dos Restauradores, in the city center, to the Alto neighborhood (more precisely, to the garden of São Pedro de Alcântara), is short, of fence 265 meters, but very steepand serves both tourists and Lisboners who move between the center and the Alto Bairro. Cars still maintain the traditional aspect today, yellow -painted and painted.
