At least 24 people have died and 21 people are hurt in a bus accident in Peru.
The long-distance bus was traveling through the Andes mountains between the cities of Huancayo and Huanta during the night when it went into a very deep ravine that was 200 meters (650 feet) deep.
There are often accidents involving coaches in Peru, especially during the night and on mountain roads.
According to official numbers, over 3,300 individuals lost their lives in car accidents in the Andean nation in 2022.
But, the mayor of a close town said on the local radio that the road where the accident took place had not been fixed after being damaged in a landslide one month ago.
Firefighters from Huanta and Churcampa were sent to the place where the accident happened.
People who lived nearby were the first ones to come to the place where the incident happened. They discovered that there were still some people alive inside the car.
They said the coach stopped and stayed in some bushes. The branches of the bushes stopped it from being carried away by the river nearby.
The police and firefighters saved the survivors and brought them to the nearest hospitals.
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Peru coach crash: Bus plunges down ravine, killing 24 people
