Death toll from Peru bus accident rises to 48: police
The death toll from a bus accident in Peru has risen to 48, a police statement said on Tuesday, after the vehicle plunged off a cliff following a collision with a truck.
The incident "left at least 48 victims" dead, the statement posted on the Interior Ministry's website said, revising earlier tolls of at least 25 dead, and then 36.
There were 53 passengers on board.
A group of emergency personnel works to rescue victims after a passenger bus plunged off the Pan-American Highway North, about 45 kilometers from Lima, Peru, 02 January 2018. At least 36 people died and six injured after a passenger bus plunged off a cliff by the sea in an area known as Pasamayo, in northern Lima, officials said.// EPA-EFE PHOTO
Rescuers, police and firefighters working at the scene after a bus plunged around 100 meters over a cliff after colliding with a truck on a coastal highway near Pasamayo, around 45 km north of Lima, and killing at least 25 people on Wednesday.// AFP PHOTO
A group of emergency personnel works to rescue victims after a passenger bus plunged off the Pan-American Highway North, about 45 kilometers from Lima, Peru, 02 January 2018. At least 36 people died and six injured after a passenger bus plunged off a cliff by the sea in an area known as Pasamayo, in northern Lima, officials said. // EPA-EFE PHOTO
