March
07
/ 2020
In a freak accident, a truck crashed into and destroyed one of the famous moai statues of Easter Island. Police arrested a Chilean man who lives on the legendary Easter Island and he was charged with damaging a national monument. A BBC report says the mayor of Easter Island called for “motor restrictions” after the truck collided with, and smashed, one of the famous sacred stone statues. An Island Under Constant Pressure Located at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania, Easter Island is a Chilean volcanic island and one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. It was previously called by its native name: Rapa Nui, by Polynesian sailors who arrived sometime around 1200 AD
