LIMA, Peru (AP) — A bus touring from Lima to Peru’s Amazon area overturned on a freeway within the Andes Mountains, leaving at the very least 18 individuals useless and 48 injured, authorities stated Friday.
The double-decker bus belonging to the corporate “Expreso Molina Líder Internacional” went off the street and fell down a slope within the district of Palca, Junín area, Junin’s well being director Clifor Curipaco informed reporters. Authorities are nonetheless investigating the reason for the accident.
Movies broadcast on native tv confirmed the bus break up in two, whereas firefighters and police tried to rescue the injured.
It was not the primary deadly bus accident in 2025, one other bus fell right into a river on Jan. 3, leaving six individuals useless and 32 injured.
A research by the Lawyer Normal’s Workplace discovered that d river recklessness and extreme pace are the primary causes of accidents in Peru.
Highway transportation is poorly monitored by authorities in Peru, and emergency help is so sluggish and disorganized. In 2024, there have been roughly 3,173 deaths because of site visitors accidents within the South American nation, in line with official information from the Dying Data System.
