{"id":663840,"date":"2025-12-31T03:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/663840\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T03:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:23:12","slug":"two-trains-carrying-tourists-to-machu-picchu-crash-as-one-person-killed-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/663840\/","title":{"rendered":"Two trains carrying tourists to Machu Picchu crash &#8211; as one person killed | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The collision involved a train coming from the famed archaeological site and a train headed there in the early afternoon near Qoriwayrachina, also an archaeological site, according to the company operating the railway.<\/p>\n<p>The person who was killed was a railway worker, Jhonathan Castillo Gonzalez, a captain with the police department in the nearby city of Cuzco, said.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-peru-machu-picchu_7122789.jpg\"   alt=\"Emergency workers at the scene. Pic: AP\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Emergency workers at the scene. Pic: AP<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-peru-machu-picchu_7122787.jpg\"   alt=\"Injured people were loaded into ambulances. Pic: AP\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Injured people were loaded into ambulances. Pic: AP<\/p>\n<p>He said that train services along the line connecting Machu Picchu with Cuzco were suspended after the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not shared details regarding the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Footage shared by local media showed train carriages with broken windows and dented sides, which were stuck on tracks set between a forest and a rock wall.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-machu-picchu-peru_7122804.jpg\"   alt=\"Machu Picchu. Pic: iStock\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Machu Picchu. Pic: iStock<\/p>\n<p>Around 1.5 million people flock to Machu Picchu every year, most of whom arrive by train.<\/p>\n<p>The archaeological site was built by the Incas in the 15th century and served as a sanctuary for the Inca emperors.<\/p>\n<p>Machu Picchu is known for its dry-stone brick walls and its three primary structures, including the Temple of the Sun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least one person has been killed and around 30 passengers have been injured after two trains taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-663840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115812041046269476","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}