Lisbon landmark streetcar crash kills 15, injures 18, Portugal declares mourning

An electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon’s landmarks and a big draw for tourists derailed on Wednesday (September 3, 2025), killing 15 people and injuring 18 others, emergency services said.

Five of the injured are in serious condition and a child is among the injured, the National Institute for Medical Emergencies said in a statement. An unknown number of the injured are foreigners, it said.

Authorities called it an accident, the worst in the city’s recent history.

The yellow-and-white streetcar, which goes up and down a steep downtown hill in tandem with one going the opposite way, was lying on its side on the narrow road that it travels along, Portuguese television channels showed.