At least 24 people have been killed in a bus accident in Peru, according to media reports. A long-distance bus with about 60 passengers on board fell off a highway in the northwestern Andean state’s Talara province on Saturday morning (local time), Peruvian media reported.
La caída de un autobús a un precipicio deja 44 muertos en 24 heridos en #Peru. Between the graves of the heridos there are niños of 2, 7 and 8 años, while traumas and fueron trasladados a medical center, donde permanent internados. https://t.co/AjBwXY6KYD #MisCondolencias pic.twitter.com/v21SRN9OLu
— Yoani Sanchez 🇨🇺 (@yoanisanchez) February 22, 2018
The police, to which the newspaper “La República” referred, did not initially make an official statement. The transport supervisor Sutran confirmed the fatal accident without naming a number of victims. The cause was initially unclear. The bus was reportedly headed to Tumbes near the Ecuadorian border. (sda/dpa)
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