Wales dad named among victims of funicular crash in Portugal

THE third British victim of the Lisbon funicular crash was an 82-year-old transport enthusiast whose "final moments were in pursuit of the hobby which gave him so much happiness", his family said.

- TED HENNESSEY

Andrew David Kenneth Young, known as Dave, from Holyhead, Anglesey, was among 16 people who died when the popular tourist attraction derailed in the centre of the Portuguese city last Wednesday.

A further 21 people were injured, including five seriously, with Portuguese authorities saying the crash was likely caused by an issue with a cable connecting the streetcar's two cabins.

In a statement issued by North Wales Police, Mr Young's family said: "He was raised in Auchterarder, Perthshire. He moved to Holyhead in 1980 where he had a long career as a customs officer.

"A lifelong transport enthusiast, in retirement he enjoyed visiting heritage railways and tramways around the world. It is a comfort to his sons, their mother, and his brothers that his final moments were in pursuit of the hobby which gave him so much happiness."

The other Britons have been named as theatre director Kayleigh Smith and her partner, Will Nelson, a lecturer at Manchester's Arden School of Theatre. Also among the dead were five Portuguese nationals, two Canadians, two South Koreans, one American, one French national, one Swiss and one Ukrainian.