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Two autovagones of the companies Inca Rail and Peru Rail collided on Tuesday in the road that covers the route Ollantaytambo- Machu Picchu ( Cusco ), informed the authorities. According to the National Center for Emergency Operations (COEN), 35 people were injured and at least two were seriously injured.
The accident occurred at 9 am, at the height of 89 km from the area of Qoriwayrachina-Retamal (district of Machu Picchu province of Urubamba ). After that, the service of rail transport in the section that joins Cusco and Machu Picchu which is granted to the company Ferrocarril Transandino SA
A Chilean citizen, was interrupted. who was traveling in the Inca Rail autovagón, was hit on one of its lower ends by a blunt object, the company said in a press release. Due to the severity of her injury, she was transferred to a clinic at Cusco . Among the wounded, besides the Peruvians, there are also citizens of the United States, India, South Korea, France, Chile, Brazil, Canada and the United States. Argentina.
– There are three versions of the causes of the collision. First, Peru Rail informed El Comercio that a few minutes before the accident, a group of tourists had interrupted the railway near the site of impact, while they were trying to board a train Machu Picchu (km 111) and they had no tickets
This would have caused the stop of the car from the Chemin de Inca iron (which was in front of the car of Peru) for about an hour, said a pbadenger. I was traveling on the train of the Inca Rail. Peru Rail said that once the tourists' protest ended, the railway was cleaned up. After the restoration of service, the accident occurred.
The pbadenger said that she had felt the impact at the back of the vehicle five minutes after clearing the railroad. This has also been corroborated by Inca Rail in communication with this newspaper.
The second version is that of the municipality of Machu Picchu . According to a spokesman, the tourists tried to block the road at km 82 (7 km from the place of the accident), so the collision would not be related to this fact. He said that this was caused by delays in the coordination of transit between trains.
Finally, the version of the National Police is that of the Inca wagon, when it reaches the height of Qoriwayrachina sector (near km 89). ), had to stop, because a person had crossed the railway in an untimely way. At that time, it was hit and impacted by Peru by the autovagón railway
The circumstances under which the accident occurred are still a matter of investigation.
– Coordinations –
Railway between Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu – operated by the two aforementioned companies – is used by more than two million pbadengers each year.
A source specializing in railway matters explained that, due to the high demand and geography of the section, Peru Rail and Inca Rail should be interconnected to avoid accidents. At least, "he stressed," they must have radio contact with an open signal, in order to know if there are any incidents on the road. "
This newspaper requests information from both firms and the operator Transandino Railroad., But there was no answer.At the end of the note, the monitoring body of investment in public transport infrastructure (Ositrán), in charge of supervising the railway infrastructure, has not issued a statement.
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