The first report into the causes of the deadly derailment of a popular Portuguese streetcar said on Saturday that a cable connecting the two cabins essentially snapped.

Wednesday’s crash left 16 dead and injured 21 others . Officials called it one of Lisbon’s worst tragedies in recent memory.

Three Britons were among the dead , alongside five Portuguese, two Koreans and one Swiss.

The streetcar’s brake operator, André Jorge Gonçalves Marques, was the first to be identified as a victim by Portuguese media. His employer, transport company Sitra, confirmed his death.

A three-year-old German boy was among the injured.

The report by Portugal’s Office for Air and Rail Accident Investigations said the two cabins had travelled about 20 feet when they suddenly lost the balancing force provid

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