{"id":664113,"date":"2025-12-31T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/664113\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T06:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:24:11","slug":"machu-picchu-train-crash-leaves-one-dead-and-dozens-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/664113\/","title":{"rendered":"Machu Picchu train crash leaves one dead and dozens injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Local media outlet Peru21 reports that &#8220;hundreds&#8221; of tourists remain at the scene awaiting evacuation, which has been &#8220;hampered&#8221; by difficult terrain around the crash site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At least 20 of the injured are in a serious condition, a health official told the Reuters news agency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The collision occurred on the track linking Ollantaytambo Station and Aguas Calientes, the closest town to Machu Picchu. The journey between the two stations usually takes around 90 minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The two trains involved in the accident were operated by PeruRail and Inca Rail respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We deeply regret what has happened,&#8221; PeruRail said in a statement, adding that its staff had &#8220;immediately&#8221; provided first aid to the train driver, the train conductor and the passengers involved in the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The cause of the accident has not yet been made clear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local media outlet Peru21 reports that &#8220;hundreds&#8221; of tourists remain at the scene awaiting evacuation, which has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-664113","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\/115812752658950288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664113","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=664113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}