LIMA – At least 20 other people were killed and more than 10 injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in northern Peru, local media reported Monday.
The Manantial de Chaquil corporate vehicle was carrying around fifty passengers when it fell into a ravine about two hundred meters deep on Sunday, in the region of Cajamarca, reported Peru21.
Jaime Herrera, the local communications director, said it is still difficult to have a precise figure, “but so far 20 bodies have been recovered. “
Herrera said some of the injured had been taken to nearby hospitals and were awaiting their condition, adding that some of them, according to the driver, were “seriously injured. “
Currently, police and firefighters are still rushing to the scene of the accident for the bodies of the victims, and the number of victims may rise.
The municipality of Celedín, which through a statement presented its condolences to the families of the victims, decreed provincial mourning for 48 hours and asked the competent government to open an exhaustive investigation to determine responsibilities.