Four people lost their lives, and 16 others were injured this weekend when a tour bus drove over the side of a cliff after a trip to Machu Picchu, per Peruvian authorities.
The bus was moving at the Abra Málaga part of the Cusco-Quillabamba road network Monday evening when it plunged into a 100-meter chasm.
Officials said 20 people were on the bus at the time–which includes the driver, two Peruvian tourists and 17 others from seven other countries.
Mincetur Minister Roberto Sanchez said
“there was fog where the accident happened” as the group was coming back from the famous site.
One Peruvian and three Colombians lost their lives as a result of the wreck. Authorities did not make known the identities of the diseased victims.
Twelve of the wounded, including the Peruvian bus driver, were rushed to the O2 Medical Network Clinic in Cusco.
The victims were identified as the following: Kfir Givony and Tamuz Hana Weinberger of Israel; Juliet Mary Clard, Adrien Raphael Colette and Luc Arthur Lecuyer Tom of France; María Cecilia Luis and Pedro Rubén Batuecas of Argentina; Myrto Arvaniti, of Greece; Leslie Arriaga Medrano and Sherwin Zevallos Montesinos (driver), of Peru; and Irene Manaun Camarillo, of Spain and Sofianos Andrea, of Greece.
