1 killed, over 20 injured in road accident in Peru


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  • Tuesday, 13 Aug 2024

LIMA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and more than 20 others wounded after an interprovincial bus overturned in the Peruvian province of Huaral on Monday, local police said.

The accident occurred at kilometer 109 of the north Pan-American highway in the province of Huaral, north of the country's capital Lima.

The vehicle belonging to the company Angel Divino was traveling on the Chiclayo-Lima route with about 50 passengers on board, according to the police, as cited by local media.

Several of the injured passengers were treated at the scene and others, with more delicate conditions, were taken to hospitals in the towns of Chancay and Huacho.

Local highway police was investigating the accident.

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