At least 36 people were killed in Peru on Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital, Lima, the countryโs health ministry said.
The accident took place on the Panamericana Norte highway near the area of Pasamayo on the Pacific coast, the ministry said on Twitter. Six people survived the crash and were being treated for injuries while the government rushed emergency medical services to the site.
โFrom the first moment I arranged all immediate support for the rescue of the victims in this emergency,โ President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski tweeted.
Road accidents are common in Peru because of unsafe highways. Police are investigating Tuesdayโs accident.
โItโs a dangerous curve zone,โ Colonel Dino Escudero, head of Limaโs highway control division, told local radio station RPP.
