LIMA – At least 10 people died and 20 others were injured Thursday when a bus went off the road and overturned on a highway in the southern region of Arequipa, Peruvian police said.The accident occurred at Kilometer 87 on the highway linking the regions of Puno and Arequipa.
Police officers and members of the volunteer firefighters said that they still have not determined the exact number of fatalities because they are continuing to work on recovering the bodies.
The injured, among whom are three children, were transported to hospitals and clinics in Arequipa.
In Peru’s mountainous regions, road accidents – sometimes resulting in dozens of dead and injured – are regular occurrences, above all due to the lack of training of drivers, the use of trucks and buses in poor repair and the fact that rural roadways often traverse very rough Andean territory.
According to World Health Organization figures, traffic accidents account for 15.9 deaths per 100,000 residents.
Peruvian authorities say, however, that 92 percent of those fatalities occur in cities and the other 8 percent along interprovincial roadways, although the latter produce the greater number of victims.
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