Death toll in Lisbon funicular crash rises to 17

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00:00As we said at the top, though, the death toll has now risen by at least two,

00:04with hopes, of course, that it won't rise even further, I suppose.

00:11That's right. The civil protection head was speaking to us just here at the scene of this accident.

00:19She said that, sadly, two people had not made it in the hospitals where they've been taken,

00:25and that brings the death toll to 17 people. 21 people remain injured.

00:30She said of those who died, there were no children among that death toll

00:36because we know that one small child of three is among the injured and battling.

00:43So she also talked about the causes of this accident,

00:55that basically held these two cars behind me.

00:59You'll see that there's one car which is in a reasonable state.

01:04That car was not as badly affected.

01:06Now, the car that was going downhill actually careered into a building

01:11and is left a mangled mess.

01:15And that is behind me.

01:17We can see forensic police have been photographing the debris.

01:22They've been looking at it.

01:24The process really starting as to what the causes of this terrible accident were.

01:30All sorts of speculation this morning in the Portuguese press.

01:35They are really horrified and asking themselves,

01:38was this a maintenance problem?

01:41Was it even faulty brakes?

01:43Faulty brakes, the cable braking, the security cable

01:46that provides a counterbalance between these two streetcars.

01:50But, Stuart, the authorities are not speculating on any of that,

01:55saying that the process will go on to find the causes of this accident.

02:00Now, we know that the maintenance company,

02:03there's a maintenance company,

02:04and there is also the municipal authority that runs it,

02:08which has already said that they feel that they have been

02:11keeping all the safety protocols so far.

02:14Off the lighthouse,

02:16so....

02:18so that technology,

02:19we need to beathlete and support and to take a moment

02:20so that the manufacturers should block ourselves

02:22this fence is at a point of feat done earlier.

02:23After the vaccination,

02:24this is a very measurable as well.

02:25Soon, where we can certainly named the suspect

02:26that the architectural office is also one of the's

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