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A head-on collision betwixt 2 trains connected the enactment that services Peru's Machu Picchu killed 1 idiosyncratic and injured astatine slightest 40 others, authorities said.
The deceased was the conductor of 1 of the 2 trains, according to the prosecutor's bureau successful Cusco, the metropolis closest to the celebrated Inca citadel.
The U.S. Embassy successful Peru said successful a connection that determination were U.S. citizens among the injured. It did not bespeak however galore Americans were wounded oregon the grade of their injuries.
Videos sent by passengers to the RPP tv transmission showed injured victims lying adjacent to the tracks with 2 damaged locomotives lasting idle nearby.
A twelve ambulances and aesculapian unit were rushed to the tract successful a distant Andean country without nonstop roadworthy access.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, the ancient, fortified analyzable receives immoderate 4,500 visitors connected mean each day, galore of them foreigners, according to the tourism ministry.
Most tourists instrumentality a bid and a autobus to scope the historical tract precocious successful the Andes mountains.
Rail bureau Ferrocarril Transandino said a bid operated by PeruRail collided with different belonging to Inca Rail astir lunchtime connected the azygous way that links the municipality of Ollantaytambo with Machu Picchu.
The origin of the mishap was not yet known.
Machu Picchu was built successful the 15th period astatine an altitude of astir 8,200 feet connected orders from the Inca ruler Pachacutec.
It is considered a marvel of architecture and engineering.
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