Forty die as Peru bus falls 300m / Bus Crash in Peru Kills at Least 35

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die as Peru bus falls 300m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

bus has plunged into a deep ravine in a remote mountain area of Peru, killing at least 40 people and

injuring 16.

 

Saturday,

7 May, 2005, 21:21 GMT

The bus, heading to the northern town of Tayabamba, crashed near

the village of Pampa, 390km (240

miles) north of the Peruvian capital, Lima.

Peruvian television reported that the bus fell almost 300m

(nearly 1000ft). Police said they were investigating.

Bus crashes are common in Peru, where drivers

frequently speed and pass other vehicles on blind mountain curves.

Roads in remote areas of Peru can deteriorate

markedly during the rainy season, making fatal crashes a frequent occurrence.

 

The bus, carrying an estimated 60 passengers, was owned by the Andia

transportations company.

Last month another bus fell off a cliff in the same province,

killing 23 people and injuring 16.

In that incident, the driver put the vehicle in reverse on a

narrow, rutted road to try and move his bus past a sharp curve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4526163.stm

 

Bus Crash in Peru Kills at Least 35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Associated Press

 

May

21, 2005, 10:03 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru -- A

passenger bus plunged off a bridge into a river on Saturday, killing at least

35 people and injuring 30 others in central Peru.

 

The bus, which had departed hours earlier from Lima, carried

mostly vendors taking their wares to a weekend market, radio reports said. The

accident happend about 100 miles east of the capital, near the town of Jauja.

Thirty-five

bodies were recovered and 30 people were being treated for injuries, said Mansueto

Arche, a spokesman at the Domingo Olavegoya Hospital in Jauja.

 

Arche said more bodies were believed to be inside the bus, which was partially

submerged in the Mantaro River.

 

" The accident happened in the morning when it seemed like the driver lost

control of the vehicle turning a curve and coming onto the bridge, where it

broke through a guardrail and fell, " a survivor identified as Javier Salcedo

told Radioprogramas.

 

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-peru-bus-crash,0,399468.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

 

Hundreds of people are killed each year in

bus crashes in Peru, where drivers frequently speed and

pass other vehicles on blind mountain curves.

 

http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=newsukfs & tab=news & q=bus+crash+peru & go.x=34 & go.y=17

 

Dear List Members,

 

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On May 21, 2005, the dasha was

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