Representational image of an overturned bus. PHOTO: REUTERS
A bus accident in the Peruvian Andes mountains left at least 20 people dead on Tuesday, a local police colonel said on local radio outlet RPP.
Jhonny Rolando Valderrama, head of a highway protection division, told RPP that the accident occurred on the Los Libertadores highway in the Ayacucho region, located in the south-central Andes.
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Deadly bus accidents are common on Peru's precarious mountainous roads.
At least 25 people died in April when a bus fell into a river in Peru's northern Cajamarca region, while last September at least 24 people died in a similar accident in the Anco region.
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