A person from Britain who was on vacation in Peru has died and many other tourists and local people got hurt when a bus crashed and fell down a road in the mountains.
Tourists and five people from Peru were going to the Mountain of Seven Colours on Sunday afternoon.
The coach crashed while driving on Highway 1 near the farming community of Tintinco, Cusitapa, at around 3pm local time.
Pictures and videos from the place show the car in really bad condition, leaning to one side, with the glass at the front broken.
The boss of the tourism police in Cusco, Harnner Horna, said on TVPerú Noticias that a 32-year-old British person died in the accident.
He said, “This person is from the United Kingdom. They were taken to the Urcos morgue. ” We have already told the Consulate to do the necessary things.
La República said that the man got stuck under the bus when it turned over multiple times.
We’re not sure if his closest family members have been told yet. The British embassy has been informed.
Another British tourist who was on the bus that crashed was also identified by the local police.
The local police identified 16 people from different countries (Poland, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Chile, and the Czech Republic) as the victims.
Five people from Peru, all from the city of Lima, were also hurt in the accident.
Horna said that some people got hurt and were taken to two nearby hospitals for treatment of broken bones and bruises. Five of them were allowed to leave the hospital on Monday.
The police are investigating and have arrested a bus driver named Manuel Navidad Casillas Cachira, who is 37 years old.
The police said the tourist company running the bus, called ‘Rainbow Mountain Trek Peru’, did not have permission to carry vacationers.
The Mountain of Seven Colours, also known as Vinicunca or the Rainbow Mountain, stands at a very high point of 16,000 feet above the sea level.
The tourist spot in the Cusco region, called Machu Picchu, looks almost unreal because the soil there is colored turquoise, lavender, and gold. It is a beautiful place located in the Andean mountain valley, where you can also find other old sites.
To reach the hill, vacationers need to take a two-hour drive from Cusco, followed by a three-and-a-half hour drive through Pitumarca. After that, they will need to walk 1. 5 miles
The Foreign Office has been reached out to for a response.
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British tourist dies and many others hurt as coach tips over in Peru
