Foreign Tourists Injured in Train Crash Near Machu Picchu in Peru

Passengers and crew stand along the railway track after two tourist trains crashed near the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, between the towns of Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes close to Cusco in Peru, on July 31, 2018. - At least six people were injured. Scott Haldane/AFP/Getty Images

LIMA—Several foreign tourists were injured on July 31 when a train struck the rear of another train near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, a local police chief said.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred along a popular tourism route from the village of Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu in southern Peru, added Eulogio Farfan, a police chief in the nearby town of Urubamba.