Four tourists died and 16 were injured, including four French, in a bus accident in Peru after visiting the citadel of Machu Picchu, the Peruvian authorities announced on Monday August 22. The coach crashed into “a ravine of more than 100 meters”said the Minister of Labor and Tourism Roberto Sanchez, according to which “There was fog where the accident happened”. Three of the deceased tourists are of Colombian nationality, the fourth of Peruvian nationality, the ministry said in a statement.
In addition to the four French, among the injured are two Greeks, two Canadians, two Israelis, two Argentines, a Dutchman, a Spaniard and two Peruvians, including the driver. The accident occurred on the night of Sunday to Monday about a hundred kilometers from the city of Cusco, the ancient Inca capital, the main starting point for tour operators organizing visits to Machu Picchu. Some injured were to be transferred to Lima in a plane chartered by the Air Force, said the Peruvian Minister of Labor.
