‘I’ll never take the funicular again’: Witness on moment of the crash<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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Portugal is in mourning after 16 people died and around 20 were injured when Lisbon’s famous Gl\u00f3ria funicular cable railway derailed on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
Among the dead are seven men and eight women, Margarida Castro Martins, head of Lisbon’s Civil Protection Agency, said.<\/p>\n
Five of those killed were Portuguese along with three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, an American, a Ukrainian, a Swiss and a French national, police say.<\/p>\n
Police have not yet confirmed the identities of those who died, but some have been named elsewhere. Here is what we know about them. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The death of Mr Marques, who worked as the brake guard on the funicular, <\/b>was reported by Portuguese transport union Sitra.<\/p>\n
“We send our condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the accident and wish them a speedy recovery as well as the best recovery to the others injured in the accident,” the union wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n
He was a “dedicated, kind and happy professional, always willing to contribute to the greater good”, according to his employer Carris, which runs the funicular.<\/p>\n
Vladimiro Santos, a childhood friend of Mr Marques, told the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manh\u00e3 he had grown up in the village of Sarnadas de S\u00e3o Sim\u00e3o in central Portugal, moving to Lisbon as a young man.<\/p>\n
Mr Marques leaves behind a wife and two children, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The former volleyball referee was named as a victim of the crash by the Portuguese Volleyball Federation, which said it was “deeply saddened by the tragedy”.<\/p>\n
Mr Trindade, it said, had served as leader of the Lisbon Volleyball Association as well as being a referee for it.<\/p>\n
He had worked for the Santa Casa da Miseric\u00f3rdia organisation, the largest charity in Portugal. <\/p>\n
In all, four Santa Casa da Miseric\u00f3rdia employees died in the crash while two others remained in hospital as of Friday.<\/p>\n
Mr Trindade also worked in the village of Estoril – roughly 24km (14 miles) from Lisbon – as a guest professor at a higher education institute specialising in hospitality and tourism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kayleigh Smith and Will Nelson<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Theatre director Kayleigh Smith and her partner Will Nelson have been named as British victims in the Lisbon funicular crash.<\/p>\n
MADS Theatre in Macclesfield posted a tribute on Friday night acknowledging their deaths in the tragedy, writing that Ms Smith was “a dear friend to many and will be greatly missed”.<\/p>\n
On the morning of the crash, Ms Smith had posted a series of photos of their trip to the Portuguese capital on social media.<\/p>\n
The UK Foreign Office said it was “supporting the families of the three British nationals who have died” and was in contact with the local authorities.<\/p>\n
A third British victim has yet to be named.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Other Santa Casa da Miseric\u00f3rdia employees<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The other employees of Santa Casa da Miseric\u00f3rdia who were killed have been named in Portuguese media. <\/p>\n
Alda Matias<\/b> worked at the Strategic Planning Department alongside Mr Trindade, Sandra Coelho<\/b> worked in the cultural department, and Ana Paula Lopez <\/b>was linked to childhood and youth projects, colleagues have told the BBC.<\/p>\n
One employee, Valdemar Bastos, told the BBC that staff had often used the funicular, along with tourists and elderly people, rather than walking up the steep hill.<\/p>\n
In a statement to staff, Paulo Sousa, the charity’s ombudsman, said: “It is in shock that we all find ourselves. We lost colleagues, friends, people with whom we shared our daily lives and our mission.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Nine other deaths<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Details are still emerging of the other victims.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian foreign ministry confirmed for the BBC Ukrainian service that a 54-year-old Ukrainian man was among the dead.<\/p>\n
France’s foreign ministry expressed its “great sadness” following the death of a Frenchwoman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lisbon’s funiculars were suspended in the aftermath of the Gloria funicular railway car derailment and crash<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
The injured<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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On Thursday, Alvaro Santos Almeida, head of Portugal’s’ health service, said 23 people had been injured. Six of them were in intensive care and three had sustained minor wounds.<\/p>\n
Three of those injured are Portuguese, one is German, one is South Korean, one is Swiss, one is Cape Verdean and one is Moroccan.<\/p>\n
Spanish, Israeli, Brazilian, Italian and French nationals were also involved, he added.<\/p>\n
A German family-of-three were also on board the funicular when it crashed, local media report.<\/p>\n
Portuguese news outlet Observador previously reported that the father had been killed, but police clarified on Friday that a German citizen named as one of the dead was discovered alive in hospital.<\/p>\n
The mother was said to be in a critical condition in hospital, and a three-year-old boy sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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