Bus Plunges Off Cliff In Peru, kills 29

A bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru and over twenty-nine passengers including a child died, more than 20 were injured, officials said, in the country’s third multiple-victim transport accident in four days.

The accident happened on a narrow stretch of the Carretera Central road some 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital Lima.

The Police commander, Cesar Cervantes, said that there was a child among the dead and two among the injured. There had been 63 passengers on the bus.

A search and rescue effort was underway for possible survivors and to recover bodies, the police department.

Cervantes said, “recklessness contributed to the accident, the bus had been traveling at high speed.

“It hit a rock and plunged into an abyss some 200 meters (650 feet) deep, according to survivor accounts.”

Road accidents are common in the Andean country due to factors including speeding motorists, poorly maintained highways, a lack of road signs and poor traffic safety enforcement.

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