Easter Island: Anger after truck crashes into sacred statue 🗿

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Easter Island: Anger after truck crashes into sacred statue

The Pacific island's mayor has called for vehicle restrictions around archaeological sites.

www.bbc.com

Pedro Edmunds Paoa told local media that the incident had caused "incalculable" damage.

A Chilean man who lives on the island was arrested on Sunday and charged with damaging a national monument, local media report.

The platform on which the statue was mounted was also destroyed.​

 

[Kevin]

More information has been coming out; the accident is attributed to a brake failure of the truck which resulted in it sliding downhill into the statue 🗿 causing its total destruction. The driver has been arrested.

Easter Island moai statue destroyed by truck

One of Easter Island's world-famous moai statues has been destroyed by a truck.

www.cnn.com