LIMA.- A bus carrying foreign tourists, including Mexicans, overturned on the road to the Inca stone citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru.
Alicia Bárcena, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), confirmed the accident of the bus where Mexican citizens were traveling.
At the moment nine tourists are reported injured.
“Unfortunate accident in Machu Pichu Peru in which there are Mexican people affected,” the official wrote in social networks.
unfortunate accident in #MachuPichu Peru in which there are Mexican people affected.
Our @EmbaMexPeru in Lima and our consular staff are already aware and will activate protection and assistance protocols. @EmbaMexPeru ☎️ +51 987 569 404 ✉️ consularper@sre.gob.mx*— Alicia Bárcena (@aliciabarcena) September 16, 2024
Vanessa Calva, director of Consular Protection and Strategic Planningconfirmed that there are Mexicans injured, but did not specify how many or their state of health.
The bus belongs to the company Settledwhich takes visitors from Machu Picchu Pueblo to the stone citadel, and went off the road around noon.
Peruvian rescue and police teams are already there, while Mexican consular personnel in Lima have already activated protection and assistance protocols to care for the victims.
Police indicated there are 20 passengers on the bus. The injured were taken to a nearby health center.
Four Mexicans injured in accident in Machu Picchu, Peru
Jorge Polanco, injured compatriot, reported through the journalist Lourdes Mendoza to three seriously injured Mexicans “with broken legs and hips who do not know how to care for them.”
An hour after its report, the SRE indicated that four compatriots were injured. His health status is unknown.
Aid @SRE_SEMxMx @SRE_mx Jorge Polanco, a Mexican who is injured asking for help. Zero, his wife has a broken leg pic.twitter.com/Oj6Zc2hXNw
— Lourdes Mendoza (@lumendoz) September 16, 2024
In social networks Videos of the accident were released, in some of which the Mexican Foreign Minister was tagged so that she could attend to the case.
*BUS FALLS WITH TOURISTS ON THE HIRAM BINGHAM – MACHUPICCHU ROUTE*
A Consettur company bus crashed on the Hiram Bingham route, on the way from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, while transporting tourists returning from visiting the famous archaeological site.
According to… pic.twitter.com/zMFmu4vQdg
— El DART – News (@dardo_noticias) September 16, 2024
CUSCO: BUS ACCIDENT REPORTED ON THE ROAD TO MACHU PICCHU
– Relief work and transfer of injured people are carried out.
– A person is seen lying on the ground and a woman’s screams are heard. pic.twitter.com/2Rcis3EhPT
— T News (@tnews_noticias) September 16, 2024
#Urgent Bus from the Consettur company that transports tourists from Machu Picchu Pueblo to the Archaeological Park got lost today on the Hiram Bingham Highway. pic.twitter.com/AzugnsZErB
— Cusco Post 🇵🇪 – Cusco News (@cuscopost) September 16, 2024
#Urgent Bus from the Consettur company that transports tourists from Machu Picchu Pueblo to the Archaeological Park got lost today on the Hiram Bingham Highway. pic.twitter.com/AzugnsZErB
— Cusco Post 🇵🇪 – Cusco News (@cuscopost) September 16, 2024
The Chancellery made available the email consularper@sre.gob.mx and the telephone number +51 987 569 404 to assist the affected nationals.
🚨 Given the accident reported today in #MachuPichu #PeruPlease remember that the emergency number of this Embassy is the following:
☎️ +51 987 569 404
✉️ consularper@sre.gob.mx pic.twitter.com/7EEqaQH4qb— Mexico in Peru 🇲🇽🇵🇪 (@EmbaMexPeru) September 16, 2024
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