Twenty others injured after bus veered off a cliff within the south-central Andes area of Ayacucho, police official says.
A bus crash in Peru’s Andes mountains has killed at the least 20 individuals, an area police colonel has informed Peruvian media.
Jhonny Rolando Valderrama, head of a freeway safety division, informed RPP radio that the crash occurred on the Los Libertadores freeway within the Ayacucho area, positioned within the south-central Andes.
The bus, which was carrying greater than 40 individuals, was headed for Ayacucho from the capital, Lima, when it veered off a cliff about 200m (656ft) excessive within the early morning hours, Valderrama mentioned.
Twenty injured individuals have been taken to hospitals, he added, as rescue groups labored to recuperate our bodies from the crash website.
Pictures shared by Peruvian information shops and on social media confirmed a broken bus mendacity on its aspect in a grassy space.
Lethal bus crashes are widespread on Peru’s precarious mountain roads.
In September, two dozen people were killed when a bus plummeted down a slope after veering off a mountain street close to Huancavelica, northwest of the Ayacucho area.
Final yr, the nation registered greater than 3,130 deaths from automotive crashes.
