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At least 48 people were killed in Peru when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital Lima.
This incident is currently tied with the 2018 Pasamayo bus crash as the deadliest road accident in Peruvian history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to authorities, the truck, which was being used as a makeshift bus , was traveling to a celebration in the Santa Teresa district, when the driver lost control of the bus as it plunged off a 200-meter cliff ...
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The February 22, 2010, Peru bus crash was a collision between two buses that resulted in at least 38 deaths and the injury of 58. It took place along the Pan-American Highway near the town of Virú in northern Peru. The buses were carrying 80 and 70 passengers. [1] [3] The head-on crash occurred in the early hours of the morning.
Bus drivers in Peru, angry over violent attacks and extortion, went on strike on Wednesday for the third time in less than a month, disrupting the country's sprawling capital as the government ...
The 2015 Peru bus accident occurred on 24 March 2015, when a bus crashed into traffic in Peru, leaving at least 37 people dead [1] [2] and another 70 wounded. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The accident took place on the Carretera Panamericana near Huarmey , around 320 km north of Lima .
The crash was reportedly very violent, with many passengers being thrown outside of the bus [6] and 12 of the deceased not being immediately removable from the vehicle. [7] 5 individuals were airlifted to hospital after emergency crews managed to extract them from the wreckage. As a result of the accident, Peru banned buses on Devil's Curve. [8]
Kennat was one of the six people who died in the Tusky Valley bus crash in 2023. "There's a lot of symbolism," Varansky said. "The three benches represent the three students that we lost.