Death toll rises to 20 in Peru bus crash


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023

LIMA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A total of 20 people have been confirmed killed in Monday's bus accident on a highway in Peru's Corongo province, in the western Ancash region, local authorities said Tuesday.

The Regional Emergency Operations Center in Ancash said another six people were injured in the crash Monday afternoon after the bus operated by the La Perla del Altomayo transport company drove off highway PE-12A along the Tarica-Yanac tract.

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