Nazca truck takes a toll

A TRUCK driver unfamiliar with the area has ignored signs and driven over the Unesco Heritage-protected Nazca Lines in Peru.

The 40-year-old truck driver left the clearly marked road in order to avoid paying a toll and drove his heavy truck through the ancient site, causing irrevocable damage.

The Prosecutor’s Office is taking advice from Peru’s Ministry of Culture to determine the extent of the damage.

The truck looks to have left “deep scars” on at least three of the ancient geoglyphs.

An area of more than 50m by 100m was damaged.