Tragic bus accident in Peruvian Andes claims at least 20 lives

Deadly bus accidents are common on Peru's precarious mountainous roads


REUTERS July 17, 2024
Representational image of an overturned bus. PHOTO: REUTERS

PERU:

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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