Peru crash kills 23 after bus plunges into river in Andes Mountains

Peru crash kills 23 after bus plunges into river in Andes Mountains

Updated about 2 hours ago

At least 23 people have been killed and 32 injured after a bus plunged into a river in the Andes Mountains in south-eastern Peru, police have said.

"The bus ended up nearly completely submerged in the river. That made the rescue brigade's work difficult," police spokesman Linio Sanchez of the town of Urcos said.

The overnight bus departed from the city of Puerto Maldonado on Thursday and was carrying passengers to the city of Cusco, some of whom were on their way to vote in Peru's presidential election Sunday.

It went hurtling into the Mapacho river in a sparsely populated rural area.

The injured were taken to hospitals in Cusco and a nearby town.

More:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-09/peru-bus-crash/7313044

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Some of the mountains on the way to Cusco. [/center]
May these people rest in peace, after this great shock.