{"id":101104,"date":"2023-11-25T00:08:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T00:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101104"},"modified":"2023-11-25T00:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T00:08:59","slug":"at-least-23-dead-as-bus-plummets-down-1000ft-ravine-after-driving-along-crumbling-clifftop-road-in-peru-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/at-least-23-dead-as-bus-plummets-down-1000ft-ravine-after-driving-along-crumbling-clifftop-road-in-peru-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 23 dead as bus plummets down 1,000ft ravine after driving along crumbling clifftop road in Peru | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
AT least 23 people were killed in Peru after a bus plummeted down a 1,000ft ravine.<\/p>\n
The crash took place on a crumbling clifftop road in the northern Peruvian district of Cusca as the bus made its way between Tayabamba and the country's capital, Lima.<\/p>\n
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The vehicle fell off the cliff while traveling on the PE-12A national highway as it passed through the municipality of Y\u00e1nac.<\/p>\n
It is understood 23 people have died and six more injured, local media reports.<\/p>\n
Local government had previously called for repairs on the road's "terrible conditions".<\/p>\n
Town mayor, Carlos Pinedo, urged authorities to improve this section of the road.<\/p>\n
"This road is in terrible conditions and as a result of that, of those failures that are all hollow, now are the consequences,"\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n "We should not wait for more deaths." <\/p>\n Rescue operations are underway in the remote area, located some 10,000 feet above sea level, the Regional Emergency Operations Center for the Ancash Region said.<\/p>\n Cops have not yet determined the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Road accidents, in particular deadly bus crashes, are frequent in the South American country, especially those involving drivers going at high speeds on poorly maintained mountain roads.<\/p>\n In September, 25 bus passengers died in an accident in the south of the country.<\/p>\n Not even a month later, in August, another accident in the same region killed 13, leaving five seriously injured.<\/p>\n It comes after at least 38 people were killed after bus overflowing with people plunged 800ft into a gorge.<\/p>\n The horror crash happened after the passenger bus slid off a mountain highway in\u00a0India\u00a0leaving 19 others with critical injuries.<\/p>\n The bus had 50 people on it when it crashed including young girls as the country mourns the awful deaths.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a message to the victims and their families before announcing financial compensation for anyone directly affected by the tragic crash.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThe bus accident in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir is distressing.<\/p>\n "My condolences to the families who have lost their near and dear ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Sun is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video.<\/p>\n Download our fantastic, new and improved free App for the best ever Sun Online experience. For iPhone click here, for Android click here.\u00a0<\/p>\n Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com\/TheSun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.<\/p>\n<\/picture>ICE MAIDEN <\/span><\/p>\n
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