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BREAKING: Lisbon tram crash victim found ALIVE after he was mistakenly declared dead

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A victim of the Lisbon tram crash who was initially declared dead has now been found alive.

The German dad was initially reported as having died in the accident in front of his son, but his family have now learned that he is among the injured at the Institute of Forensic Medicine yesterday in Sao Jose.

The family, from Hamburg, turned up at the hospital yesterday after they were told he was one of the 16 people killed when the iconic funicular derailed and crashed into a hotel corner building on Wednesday night in Lisbon.

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