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
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British national discovered dead in Lanzarote after missing a flight
The body of a British tourist who had missed his trip home with a buddy was discovered in Lanzarote while he was on vacation.
Robert Campbell, a 44-year-old Scot who was on his first ever vacation abroad and was scheduled to return home on Thursday of last week, went missing while he was still in the country.
Mr. Campbell got ill just prior to takeoff and was transported to the hospital. The Scot was deemed healthy enough to fly home after being inspected, though.
Mr Campbell then became separated from his friend Paddy at the airport shortly before the flight and was unable to be contacted, it was reported.
Mr Campbell’s family then issued appeals to help find him as two of them flew out to the island’s capital Las Palmas to find him.
His sister, Margueritte Devine, confirmed the tragic news that her brother was found dead on Tuesday.
The family has launched a GoFundMe page to help cover some of the costs of bringing Mr Campbell’s body home to Uddington, in South Lanarkshire, and to pay for his funeral.
Ms Devine wrote: ‘Sadly our brother died in Lanzarote yesterday and we’re left with a bill of 6 and 10 thousand pounds in funeral fees.
‘We are desperate to get him home asap so I am writing this to reach out from my heart to help us bring him home.’
Tributes have been paid to the Scot on social media with friends and family calling him ‘one of the best’.
One friend, sharing the GoFundMe page, wrote: ‘Could everyone please share this and help us get our uncle Rab home asap where he belongs.’
She added: ‘One of our family members and friends flew over to Lanzarote to find him and bring him home but unfortunately they were sadly too late so we are all heartbroken and devastated and shocked.’
Sharing photos of Mr Campbell, another wrote: ‘Gutted to hear the passing of our Uncle who was reported missing in Lanzarote has been found dead. First time going on holiday and not returning. R.I.P.’
Another said: ‘R.I.P cuz. You are one of the best. Sending lots love to my cousins thinking about you all, love you.’