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A train driver was killed and 40 more people were injured on Tuesday (December 30) after two trains collided on the railway leading to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the Andean nation's top tourist site. - REUTERS

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00:00Video obtained by Reuters shows passengers evacuating a train after a collision on the
00:07railway to Peru's Machu Picchu on Tuesday. A train driver was reportedly killed in the collision
00:12and dozens were left injured. Photographs showed herd passengers being put on a stretcher.
00:18Officials said about 20 people were in relatively serious condition.
00:23After rescuers arrived at the site, injured passengers were transferred to an ambulance
00:27while other passengers moved to safety. The crash between Inca Rail and Peru Rail trains is now under
00:33police investigation. Machu Picchu is the Indian nation's top tourist site, drawing well over a
00:39million visitors each year. The cause of the collision remains unclear.
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