Aussie couple’s horror ordeal after they narrowly escaped death when their bus toppled off a cliff in the Amazon. Now they’re stranded and in urgent need of medical treatment
An Australian couple are pleading for help after narrowly escaping death when a tourist bus they were traveling in fell over a cliff near the Amazon jungle.
Jason and Stephanie Rowe were on the bus that went over the edge of the cliff and rolled over three times before coming to a stop near the edge of the Amazon in Peru on November 12.
The Brisbane holidaymakers – who were on their dream trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary – were in the middle of a nine-hour journey back from the Amazon to see the Amazon River when the bus veered off the road.
Australian tourist Jason Rowe (pictured) was left unconscious for almost half an hour after a bus he was riding in rolled off a cliff near the Amazon jungle
Remarkably, no one on board lost their lives in the terrifying accident.
Ms Rowe described the moment of the massacre 9 News and the horror of seeing her husband injured.
“I go, ‘We’re dead, we’re not coming back, this is how I die, this is how we all die,'” she said.
‘He (Mr Rowe) flew into the windscreen, became unconscious and was out of action for about 25 minutes.
“People were lying all over the ground, people had their arms broken, people were in shock.”
The survivors were eventually rescued, but medical treatment had not been ideal, Ms Rowe said.
“They said, ‘There’s something wrong with your neck, your neck is wobbly, and there’s something wrong with your arm,'” she said. “That’s all they told us.”
The pair attended two separate hospitals, more than nine hours’ drive apart, but Mr Rowe has been unable to obtain head scans for any lingering injuries.
Stephanie Rowe (pictured) and her husband Jason need medical care and are pleading for help to receive treatment for their injuries at home
The pair managed to survive the crash after the bus veered off the road (pictured) before being rushed to hospital
Since then, problems have arisen with their travel insurance and the couple do not have the necessary visas for a flight home that requires a stopover in Chile.
The pair are now stuck in Lima, where Ms Rowe is pleading for help to get home and get proper treatment.
“Here we wait in great pain,” said Mrs. Rowe.
‘We have no idea what is happening to us. We are going crazy in Lima and praying that someone will do something so we can go home.”
The couple contacted the Australian embassy for travel assistance and booked flights through their travel insurance.
The flight is expected to travel from Lima to Chile and on to Auckland, where the couple should catch a connecting flight to Brisbane.
The couple have not yet received a visa to travel to Chile due to delays.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Ny Breaking Australia they are assisting the couple with their travel needs, but said they could provide no further information.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to two Australians in Peru,” the spokesperson said.
‘Due to our privacy obligations, we are unable to comment further.’