At least four people killed in bus crash in Peru's capital


LIMA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least four people died and 20 others were injured after a passenger bus overturned early Thursday near a cemetery in Peru's capital Lima, local media reported.

The bus crashed at kilometer 34 of Peru's South Pan-American Highway in southern Lima, near the Jardines de la Paz Cemetery, at around 6:15 a.m. local time, Andina news agency reported.

Police sources cited by Radio Programas del Peru said the bus, which was transporting employees of a company that makes pipes and hydraulic connections, overturned after a vehicle got in its way.

The injured, some with fractures and trauma, were taken to area hospitals.

Members of the National Police and the Fire Department, as well as the Health Ministry, arrived at the site of the accident to help the rescue effort.

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