At least 23 dead as Peru bus plunges into river


LIMA: At least 23 people were killed and 32 injured Friday when a bus plunged into a river in the Andes mountains in southeastern Peru, police said.

“The bus ended up nearly completely submerged in the river. That made the rescue brigade’s work difficult,” said police spokesman Linio Sanchez of the town of Urcos, in the tourist-magnet region of Cusco.

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