At the least 37 killed as bus plunges into ravine

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The incident occurred within the early hours of Wednesday morning on a "rugged" stretch of the Pan-American Freeway that connects Peru with Chile within the nation's southern area of Arequipa.

Native media say the bus was carrying 60 passengers when it smashed right into a pickup truck on a curve, careered off the street and fell right down to the banks of the Ocoña River.

Bus crashes are frequent in Peru, particularly at evening and on mountain highways. That is typically as a consequence of poor street situations, extreme pace, and lack of security signage.

The bus, operated by the Llamosas firm, was heading from Chala, a city in Caraveli province, to Arequipa.

Each drivers reportedly survived the crash, which occurred at kilometre 780 of the Pan-American Freeway South.

Photos from the scene of the crash present the wrecked bus on the backside of a steep ravine - its home windows utterly shattered, bodywork badly broken and roof caved in.

Waldor Llerena, Ocona's district mayor, instructed radio station RPP that the terrain across the crash website is "very rugged", and the world had a historical past of comparable lethal accidents.

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Thirty-six folks died on the scene and one other individual later died in hospital, Walther Oporto, Arequipa's regional well being chief instructed native media, citing firefighters on the scene of the crash.

Well being officers instructed RPP that 25 folks - together with three minors - are being handled in an area hospital for his or her accidents.

An investigation into the incident is underway and the driving force of the pickup truck has been detained, the Public Prosecutor's Workplace mentioned in a press release.

In 2022, greater than 3,300 folks died in visitors accidents in Peru, official figures recommend.

Stretching from Alaska to the pencil tip of Argentina, the 48,000km-long Pan-American Freeway holds the file for the world's longest street navigable by motor automobile.