Machu Picchu head-on train crash kills one person and injures dozens

Two trains taking tourists to and from Peru’s famed archaeological site collided, killing a railroad worker Two trains taking tourists to and from Peru’s famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu crashed on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring about 30 passengers. The person killed was a railroad worker, according to Jhonathan Castillo Gonzalez, a captain with the Cuzco police department. He told the Associated Press that the railway suspended services along the rail line connecting Machu Picchu with the nearby city of Cuzco after the accident. Continue reading...