Isitimela besimile ngenxa yombhikisho wezivakashi zasekhaya ebezivimba ujantshi wesitimela eduze nenqaba yasendulo ye-Inca yaseMachu Picchu. Lokhu kudale ukuthi kuphahlazeke izitimela ezi-2 okuholele ekutheni okungenani kulimale abantu aba-5, ababili babo kabi.
Lesi sigameko senzeke cishe ngo-10: 20 ekuseni ku-88 km wesitimela esiya eMachu Picchu — phakathi kwe-Ollantaytambo neMachu Picchu Town (i-Aguas Calientes) - ngesikhathi isitimela i-Inca Rail sishayiswa enye iyunithi yenkampani yesitimela yasePeruRail.
Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa, le ngozi ishiye abantu abangu-2 belimele kanzima, abanye belimele kancane, nokonakala kwempahla.
Labo abalimele kanzima bayiswe esikhungweni sezempilo esiseduzane ngaphambi kokukhishwa eCusco city.
“Esinye sezitimela i-Inca Rail sishiye i-Ollantaytambo ngezithuba zabo-6: 40 ekuseni sabe sesimile ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-40 ngenxa yombhikisho. Sime ihora lonke, kwase kususwa umbhikisho, isitimela saqhubeka nendlela yaso, kwathi ngemuva kwemizuzu emihlanu sazizwa sinomthelela onamandla ngemuva. Bekuyisitimela sasePeruRail esisishayile, ”kusho uValeria Lozana.
"Izihlalo ezimbili ze-Inca Rail bezindiza emoyeni," kusho ufakazi.
Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa, iqembu lezivakashi zasekhaya ezingama-30 lidale ukuvimba kwabantu njengoba bengakwazanga ukuthenga amathikithi abo okuya eMachu Picchu Town, ngaleyo ndlela bevimba isitimela i-Inca Rail ukuthi sidlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa, iqembu lezivakashi zasekhaya ezingama-30 lidale ukuvimba kwabantu njengoba bengakwazanga ukuthenga amathikithi abo okuya eMachu Picchu Town, ngaleyo ndlela bevimba isitimela i-Inca Rail ukuthi sidlule.
- We stopped for an hour, then the protest was cleared, the train continued its route, and five minutes later we felt a strong impact on the back.
- A train had stopped because of a protest by domestic tourists who were blocking the railway track near the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
