Bus plummets from Peru's 'Devil's Curve', killing at least 30 people
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A bus travelling along a narrow stretch of Peruvian highway known as the "Devil's Curve" has tumbled off a cliff and onto a rocky beach, killing at least 30 people.
The bus was carrying 57 passengers to Peru's capital Lima when it was struck by a semi-trailer shortly and plunged down the slope, Claudia Espinoza from Peru's voluntary firefighter brigade said.
The blue bus came to rest upside down on a narrow strip of shore next to the Pacific, with the lifeless bodies of passengers strewn among the rocks.
Rescuers worked to pull victims from the hard-to-reach area in Pasamayo, about 70 kilometres north of Lima.
No road leads directly to the beach, complicating rescue efforts, Ms Espinoza said, though police and firefighters managed to transport five survivors with serious injuries to a nearby hospital.
She said the passengers in the crash included many who were returning to Lima after celebrating the New Year's holiday with family outside the city.
The highway is known as the Devil's Curve because it is narrow, frequently shrouded in mist and curves along a cliff that has seen numerous accidents.
AP
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, peru
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