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1 August 2018

The PeruRail train struck the IncaRail train, which takes tourists to Machu Picchu – Peru’s biggest tourist site.

At least 13 injured after two passenger trains collide at Machu Picchu https://t.co/QozgjJadwI

— The Sun (@TheSun) August 1, 2018

AT least 13 people have been injured after two passenger trains collided near the popular Peruvian tourist spot of Machu Picchu.

Authorities say several foreign tourists were on board when a train stuck the rear of another train near the Incan ruins on Tuesday.
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Images posted on social media showed a train from Inca Rail and another from PeruRail pressed up against each other on a rail track.

Broken glass could be seen behind one set of seats, while other videos and photographs showed tourists with backpacks making desperate phone calls.

Police are investigating the crash, however there has been conflicting reports on the number of injuries.

Officials said five passengers had serious injuries and 10 in total were taken to a clinic outside Cuzco.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6911933/machu-picchu-train-crash-passenger-peru/

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Death by selfie
Selfie-distracted tourists have become a safety hazard around the globe in recent years as smartphones and selfie sticks spread.

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2 July 2016

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German tourist falls to his death while posing for photo atop Machu Picchu

By Michael E. Miller July 1 at 5:35 AM

A German tourist has died while trying to take a photo atop Machu Picchu.

The tourist, identified by the BBC and Peruvian media as 51-year-old Oliver Park, died Wednesday after slipping from a ledge and falling approximately 130 feet.

He was posing for a mid-leap photo when he fell off Machu Picchu mountain, which overlooks the ancient Incan citadel of the same name.

Peruvian officials said the tourist bypassed a security cordon and ventured into an off-limits area before tumbling to his death, El Comercio reported.

“He asked a man who was there to take a photo of him,” Guillermo Mestas, a Peruvian tourist, told television station Canal N. “The man came over to take the photo and in the moment he was handing him the camera, he lost his balance and fell.”

By the time rescuers reached the tourist about an hour and a half later, the man was dead, Mestas said.

His body was removed from the mountainside and taken by train to a morgue in Cusco on Thursday night, according to Canal N.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/01/german-tourist-falls-to-his-death-while-trying-to-take-photo-atop-machu-picchu/?tid=sm_fb

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‏@jace_rnMD

Tourist posing for ‘flying’ picture tumbles 100m to his death at Machu Picchu #machu #pichu.

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