A collision between two trams this Thursday afternoon on Avenida 24 de Iullo in Cais do Sodre in Lisbon left 13 people with minor injuries, eight of whom required hospitalization. They had injuries to the nose, lower back and upper limbs.
for what morning Post A source at INEM said two children were among the victims.
The wounded were taken to San Jose, San Francisco Xavier and Santa Maria hospitals. Firefighters at Fonte dos Sapadores in Lisbon told Lusa that among the eight victims were two French citizens, two Czechs, an American, a Spaniard, an Italian and a Portuguese.
The alarm was announced at 17:09. There were 37 operators on site, supported by 12 vehicles.
Tram number 15 was traveling between Cais do Sodre and Alges when the collision occurred, for reasons yet to be explained. As found out cmone of the trams stopped when the other collided
In response to cmCarris assured that he had already activated the mechanisms for conducting a thorough internal investigation, “in order to ascertain the reasons that underlay the incident.”
The circulation was discontinued but has since been restored.