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Devil’s curve bus crash leaves 48 dead
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A bus plunged over a seaside cliff in Peru on January 2, killing at least 48 people after a collision with a truck on a precarious stretch known as the “devil’s curve,” officials said.
The bus was travelling from Huacho, 130 kilometers north of the capital, to Lima with 55 passengers and two crew on board when it went off the road about midday.
It plunged 100 meters and landed upside down on rocks at the edge of the sea. The incident “left at least 48 victims” dead, the statement posted on the Interior Ministry’s website said.
Efforts to recover bodies from the overturned vehicle were suspended at nightfall because the tide had risen and reached the bus, the police said.
A police helicopter had winched some rescue workers to the wreck of the blue bus while others made the precarious journey down on foot with the assistance of ropes.
The navy sent a patrol boat to assist the rescuers trying to get everyone out before the tide came in.
There were several survivors, although most on board the bus perished.
“For us it is very painful to suffer an accident of this magnitude. My deep solidarity lies with the pain suffered by the relatives,” President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski posted on Twitter.
Maria Elena Aguilar, director of Alcides Carrion Hospital in El Callao, said her facility received five patients with multiple injuries. One other survivor was taken to a different hospital.
The Pasamayo highway on which the tragedy occurred is only used by trucks and buses, as cars travel a different route.
It is a dangerous sea-hugging road where fog is frequent and high humidity can make the roadway slippery.
The bus driver had a lot of experience and was working with an assistant, said Luis Martinez, a representative of the firm, which owned the bus. It underwent a mechanical check before leaving Huacho, he added.
More than 2,500 people died in traffic accidents in Peru in 2016, according to official figures.
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