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Officials are attributing a fatal streetcar derailment and crash in Lisbon, Portugal to a failed cable
The incident on Sept. 3 killed 16 people and injured more than 20 others, according to the country's Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail
"From the on-site study of the wreckage, it was immediately clear that the cable connecting the two cabins had given way," the agency found
Officials are attributing a streetcar derailment and crash in Lisbon, Portugal that killed 16 people and injured more than 20 others last week to a failed cable, according to a new report.
The fatal incident involving Calçada da Glória's funicular railway, a national monument, occurred around 6:04 p.m. local time on Sept. 3, according to the country's