Overview
- Two passenger trains operated by PeruRail and Inca Rail collided on the single-track line between Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes near Qoriwayrachina.
- Authorities report at least one fatality, a railroad worker, with injury counts ranging from about 30 to more than 40, including foreign visitors.
- The U.S. Embassy confirmed that American citizens are among those injured as officials work to identify other nationalities.
- Emergency crews deployed multiple ambulances to the remote Andean site, where difficult terrain slowed evacuations and left tourists temporarily stranded.
- All rail traffic on the route remains halted as police and prosecutors investigate the cause, which has not yet been determined.