According to the official, of the 38 people affected by the accident, 15 died on Wednesday and 23 were transported or travelled by their own means to hospitals, two of whom died overnight.
Of the injured, 12 are women and seven men, and they are of at least 10 different nationalities: four Portuguese, two Spanish, one Korean, one Cape Verdean, one Canadian, one Italian, one French, one Swiss, and one Moroccan. There are four injured whose nationalities have not yet been identified.
The Glória funicular rail derailment late Wednesday afternoon also left 22 injured, who were transported to the hospitals of São José, Santa Maria, São Francisco Xavier, Cascais, and Amadora-Sintra.
According to São José Hospital, the General Emergency Department of this Local Health Unit (ULS) received nine injured people on Wednesday: five in serious condition and four with minor conditions.
The source also explained that, among the minor injuries, a three-year-old child was admitted to the emergency room. She was in stable condition and, as a precaution, was transferred to D. Estefânia Hospital, accompanied by her father.
A pregnant mother, admitted to the emergency room with minor injuries, was transferred to the Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital.









198 words?? Really??? Other than the number of casualties and where they were taken, I suspect there could be a LOT more information to share in a news platform. There have to be theories on the cause of the accident; how long since this funicular had been inspected; any history of this kind of thing happening with other funiculars in the country or the EU; are the other funiculars in Portugal being suspended until the cause of THIS incident is identified and those others inspected... This is just for starters!
By Gregory G. from Other on 04 Sep 2025, 10:59