According to official sources and regional press, a bus fell off a cliff in the Piura region of northern Peru early on Saturday (Jan.
28), leaving at least 25 people dead and an undetermined number injured.According to the news agency France-Presse (AFP), the lorry coming from the business Qorianka Tours had left Lima and was heading to Tumbes, which is on the border with Ecuador.About 260 kilometers prior to reaching its location, the bus ran the roadway in a desert area.Bus falls off a cliff, leaving more than 20 dead in Peru.
(Photo web recreation)The accident, whose causes are unidentified, happened around 3:00 a.m.
(6:00 a.m.
Brasilia time) on a stretch of roadway connecting the towns of El Alto-Los rganos and the city of Talara, more than 1,000 kilometers north of Lima.The RPP television station reported that the accident happened at kilometer 121 of the Panamericana Norte highway and that the bus brought about 60 passengers.Some individuals were thrown out the windows, and others were caught inside the vehicle.The hurt were taken to hospitals in El Alto and Mncora, popular summer season resorts in the country, on the way to Piura.