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Breaking: Australian dies in Peru after fall on Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
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- An Australian tourist has died after a fall while walking on the Inca Trail to Peru's Machu Picchu heritage site.
- Matthew Cameron Paton was walking in a group of tourists at about 2pm on Wednesday, local time, when he tripped and fell through a damaged security barrier, local police told the ABC.
- The 53-year-old is believed to have fallen up to 400 metres in a difficult-to-access area, police say.
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An Australian tourist has died after a fall while walking on the Inca Trail to Peru's Machu Picchu heritage site. (Reuters: Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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Matthew Cameron Paton was walking in a group of tourists at about 2pm on Wednesday, local time, when he tripped and fell through a damaged security barrier, local police told the ABC.
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