Two trains carrying tourists to Machu Picchu crash – as one person killed | World News

At least one person has been killed and around 30 passengers have been injured after two trains taking tourists to Machu Picchu in Peru crashed.

The collision involved a train coming from the famed archaeological site and a train headed there in the early afternoon, according to the company operating the railway.

The person who was killed was a railroad worker, according to Jhonathan Castillo Gonzalez, a captain with the police department in the nearby city of Cuzco.

He said that train services along the line connecting Machu Picchu with Cuzco were suspended after the accident.

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