Bus Accident in Peru Leaves at Least 10 Dead and 16 Injured
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
An interprovincial bus veered off a road in the Amazon region of Peru, resulting in at least 10 deaths and 16 injuries, authorities reported on Wednesday. The accident occurred around midnight on Tuesday when the vehicle from the Real Chancas company left the roadway, crashed into a house, and overturned in the Leoncio Prado province of the Huánuco region. Medical authorities informed The Associated Press that they have counted 10 fatalities so far. The director of the local hospital, Ricardo Díaz, explained that the accident took place in a rural area called San Isidro, and they received patients with various injuries, including one with a severed limb, prompting emergency calls for surgeons and traumatologists from nearby hospitals. The bus had departed from the city of Pucallpa and was headed to the Peruvian capital.
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