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Train Crash on Line to Perus Famed Machu Picchu Kills 1 Person, Injures at Least 30

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One of the two trains affected after a head-on collision connecting Machu Picchu with Ollantaytambo is pictured in Pampacahua, Cusco Department, Peru, on Dec. 30, 2025. Carolina Paucar/AFP via Getty ImagesLIMA, Peru—Two trains taking tourists to Peru’s famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu crashed on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring around 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.

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