LIMA, Peru
AP
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Two trains taking tourists to Peru’s famed archaeological web site of Machu Picchu crashed on Tuesday, killing at the very least one person and injuring round 30 passengers.
The person killed was a railroad employee, in accordance to Jhonathan Castillo Gonzalez, a captain with the Cuzco police division. He advised The Associated Press that the railway suspended companies alongside the rail line connecting Machu Picchu with the close by metropolis of Cuzco after the accident.
According to the corporate working the railway, a prepare coming from Machu Picchu collided with a prepare headed there within the early afternoon, close to Qoriwayrachina, additionally an archeological web site.
No additional particulars about what had triggered the crash have been instantly obtainable.
Videos on native media confirmed prepare automobiles with damaged home windows and dented sides caught alongside a rail line hemmed in between a lush forest and a large rock.
Machu Picchu will get round 1.5 million guests per 12 months, principally arriving by prepare to the close by city of Aguas Calientes. Known for its completely becoming stone bricks, the positioning was constructed within the fifteenth century by the Incas and served as a sanctuary for the nation’s emperors.
The variety of individuals visiting Machu Pichu has elevated by about 25% over the previous decade, however tourism within the space has additionally been affected by political turmoil and disputes over how the positioning is managed, with protesters generally blocking the railroad that leads to the traditional web site.
Machu Picchu can be reached on foot, with guests trekking from the small city of Ollantaytambo. The trek takes about 4 days.