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Peru: Bodies of tourists killed in bus crash arrive in Lima

24 August 2022
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2022-08-24 11:08

The bodies of all four victims of a bus crash in the Machu Picchu tourist area arrived at Lima airport on Tuesday, along with an injured tourist who was taken for further medical attention.A minibus carrying 20 passengers plunged down a road about 26 kilometers from the citadel of Machu Picchu, tumbling down 100 meters into an area known as Abra Malaga on Sunday."The 20 people affected by this unfortunate accident are Colombians, Argentinians, Peruvians, also citizens from Greece, France, Holland, Israel, Canada," the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sanchez confirmed.The minibus had a Peruvian driver and guide, as well as one Peruvian tourist.Machu Picchu was built in the fifteenth century as a religious sanctuary of the Incas and is located in the Amazon of southeastern Peru at 2,490 meters of altitude.

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