MADRID (Reuters) -A Lisbon resident who thought he was going to die as a funicular car hurtled towards him had a narrow escape when it crashed into a building metres away, killing at least 17 people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Lisbon resident has given a terrifying account of his narrow escape from the funicular car which killed 16 people on Wednesday ...

At least 15 people have died after Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway derailed and crashed into a building, also leaving around 18 people injured, authorities said. Footage on Wednesday evening showed ...

At least 16 people were killed and several injured after the carriage of a funicular – a type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes – derailed in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on ...

"We must guarantee maximum security," the council's Vice President, Filipe Anacoreta Correia, told reporters, adding the country needed to be reassured that this was the case before the cable car ...

LISBON — At least 15 people died and 18 were injured on Wednesday when Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway car, which is popular with tourists and is one of the city's symbols, derailed and crashed, an ...

Peter Newman receives funding from the CRC RACE. Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed on Wednesday local time. Emergency services ...

As least 15 people have been confirmed dead in a funicular railway crash in Lisbon. Lisbon's Gloria funicular railway, which is popular with tourists, derailed and crashed Wednesday afternoon at ...

LISBON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Lisbon's city council has tasked a team of experts with designing a new mechanism to ensure the safety of the Gloria funicular railway that had a deadly crash last week and ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --A tram on one of Lisbon's funicular railways derailed Wednesday, killing 15 people and injuring another 18, local authorities said. The derailment of the Elevador da Glória -- also ...