Lima, July 26, 2025 (AFP) - Bus crash in Peruvian Andes kills 18

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2025-07-26
A bus plunged into a ravine in the Peruvian Andes on Friday, killing at least 18 people, a health official said. The bus, which landed on its roof next to a river, was carrying more than 60 people from the capital Lima to the jungle city of La Merced when it veered off a winding, narrow road, local media reported. "So far we've recorded 18 fatalities from the accident," a spokesperson for health services of the central city of Tarma, 240 kilomet......
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