At least 25 dead in a bus accident in Peru

Sylvie Claire / September 23, 2023

 

At least 25 people, including two children, died when a bus crashed into a ravine in the Andean region of Huancavelica, in southern Peru, the authorities announced in a revised death toll on Monday evening.
 
An initial police report put the death toll at 20, with a further 35 injured. A statement from the Ministry of Health later that morning put the death toll at 24. Finally, at the end of the day on Monday, the death toll stood at "25 dead and 34 wounded", according to the Ministry of Defense.
 
The accident occurred on Sunday night, when the bus carrying over 50 passengers from Huanta in Ayacucho to Huancayo in the Junin region ran off the road.
 
Images show the damaged bus lying on its side near a river below the ravine, debris and personal belongings strewn all around.
 
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte expressed her "condolences to the families" from New York, where she will be attending the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations. The Peruvian Episcopal Conference, for its part, urged the government to "carry out a serious investigation" to prevent such accidents from happening again.
 
On August 13, another accident in the same region left 13 people dead and 5 seriously injured.
 
Road accidents are frequent in Peru, mainly due to speeding and poor road maintenance, especially in mountainous areas.
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