At least 23 die in Peru after bus crashes into river

LIMA - At least 23 people died after a bus fell down a slope into a river on April 28 evening in the Andean mountains of northern Peru, a prosecutor told local media on April 29 morning.

The accident occurred on April 28 night when the bus was heading to the town of Sorochuco, Olga Bobadilla, provincial prosecutor for the Cajamarca region, told local radio station RPP.

“Information is still being collected because the accident occurred at night on a fairly rugged road, an unpaved road, where the bus fell into an abyss toward the river,” Bobadilla said.

Local media outlets reported that the bus was traveling from the nearby town of Celendin, which announced three days of mourning in a statement shared by the local government.

Accidents are relatively common along Peru’s precarious roads, with

around two dozen people dying in a crash

last September and at least 24 dying when a

bus plunged off a cliff in January 2023.

REUTERS