Head-on train crash near Peru’s Machu Picchu kills driver, injures dozens
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A police officer added that foreign tourists were among the injured.
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LIMA – A train driver was killed and 40 more people were injured on Dec 30 after two trains collided head-on on the railway leading to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu
Police are investigating the collision between trains operated by Inca Rail S.A. and PeruRail S.A., which transport mainly tourists to the iconic site.
A health official said about 20 people were in relatively serious condition.
A police officer added that foreign tourists were among the injured.
Images posted on social media shortly after the crash showed badly damaged locomotives facing each other on the track, broken glass strewn around, and injured people being treated on the sides of the tracks. REUTERS
