Portuguese investigators search for cause of Lisbon streetcar crash that killed 16 Updated 18 mins ago Portuguese officials are focused on establishing the causes of the crash of a Lisbon streetcar popular with tourists that killed 16 people and injured 21, five of them seriously. Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas said in a televised statement Thursday: “The city needs answers.” The downtown streetcar, which is known as Elevador da Gloria and is a major attraction for tourists packing the Portuguese capital during the summer season, derailed during the evening rush hour Wednesday. The crumpled wreckage was cordoned off as investigators sifted through the wreckage, took photographs and pulled up a metal cable from beneath the rails.

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