48 dead as bus plunges off cliff in Peru after collision
Rescue workers at the site of the crash on the Pasamayo highway. The bus was travelling to the capital Lima from the city of Huacho, about 130km north of the capital, with 55 passengers and two crew members.PHOTO: REUTERS
Emergency workers rushing to locate survivors. Efforts to recover bodies from the bus were suspended at nightfall because the rising tide had reached the bus.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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48 dead as bus plunges off cliff in Peru after collision
Rescue workers at the site of the crash on the Pasamayo highway. The bus was travelling to the capital Lima from the city of Huacho, about 130km north of the capital, with 55 passengers and two crew members.PHOTO: REUTERS
Emergency workers rushing to locate survivors. Efforts to recover bodies from the bus were suspended at nightfall because the rising tide had reached the bus.PHOTO: EPA-EFE