15 dead, 19 injured in Peru bus crash
At least 15 people were killed and 19 others injured on Wednesday when a bus tumbled 700 metres down the side of a mountain in central Peru`s Ancash region, authorities said.
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Lima: At least 15 people were killed and 19 others injured on Wednesday when a bus tumbled 700 metres down the side of a mountain in central Peru`s Ancash region, authorities said.
All 19 injured passengers were initially taken to a hospital in Huaraz and were set to be transferred to better-equipped facilities in Lima, he said.
Four of the injured are in serious condition, Fallaque said.
The accident took place around 4 a.m. at a remote spot on the Conococha-Antamina highway, a police spokesperson said from the town of Chiquian.
Police are uncertain how many people were aboard the bus, she said.
The bus was travelling from Lima to Llata, a town in the Huanuco region, according to media reports.
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