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Two trains with tourists clashed Tuesday (31) on the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, leaving 35 wounded, including Americans, South Koreans, a Frenchman and a Chilean, the Peruvian government reported. 19659002] The shock of the compositions that transported the tourists who visited the 600-year-old stone citadel, Peru's biggest tourist attraction, occurred around 10am (12pm Brasilia) at kilometer 89 Highway between the localities of Ollantaytambo
According to the authorities, "serious patients are two foreign tourists, one of whom is a resident of the United States, who are hospitalized in the United States. Intensive care unit of the Pardo clinic in Cusco, where there are 22 other patients. "
One of the trains belongs to Peru Rail Company and the other Inca Rail.
Fire patrols were sent to the scene of the accident, a resurgence where the Andean mountains and the forest meet, where the trail runs parallel to the Vilcanota River.
"Unfortunately, a citizen of Chilean nationality was hit in one of the lower extremities" and was transferred to "a private clinic in the city of Cuzco", Inca Rail said in a statement
"Other pbadengers After the collision," the emergency protocol was activated, evacuating the affected people in the ambulances, in order to receive the necessary medical badistance, "he added." [19659007] "After the aid of the wounded, an investigation will be conducted to determine the reasons that led to this lamentable accident," he added. that they had blocked one of the trains with stones and logs, which made stop one of the trains and was bumped by the other, which has traveled further.
However, the municipality denied that
Guas Calientes the last station of the city of Cuzco, former capital of the Inca Imprio, and from there, buses leave with tourists taking a half – time to reach Machu Picchu, a verdant mountain, at the summit of which
Machu Picchu was declared World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1983 and, after a competition made by the Spanish Government, it was discovered by Spanish explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911. Spanish settlers have never known its existence. Internet, was included in the list of "Seven Wonders of the Modern World" in 2007.
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