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Peru coach plunges off Pan-American Highway killing dozens Peru coach plunged 100m (330ft) down river bank killing 44
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A coach travelling along the Pan-American Highway in Peru has plunged off the road, killing at least 35 people, local police say. The number of people killed when a coach plunged off the Pan-American Highway in Peru has risen to 44.
The accident happened at 01:30 local time (06:30 GMT) near the Ocoña bridge in Peru's southern Arequipa province. The bus veered off the road in a curve and plummeted 100m (330ft) down a rocky river bank.
Local media said the coach had fallen from a height that was variously described to be between 80m (260ft) and 200m (650ft). The accident happened in the early hours of Wednesday near the Ocoña bridge in southern Arequipa province.
Last month, 52 people died when another coach fell down a cliff in Peru. Emergency workers retrieved 43 bodies and one victim died later in hospital. Last month, 52 people died when another coach fell down a cliff in Peru.
Arequipa newspaper Diario El Pueblo tweeted a picture of the coach lying on its side by the bank of the river Ocoña. More than 20 people were injured in Wednesday's accident.
In Wednesday's incident, the coach, which belongs to the Rey Latino company, was taking passengers from the town of Chala to the city of Arequipa. The double-decker coach from the Rey Latino company was taking passengers from the town of Chala to the city of Arequipa, 400km (250 miles) away, when it came off the road.
A passenger list suggests at least 45 people had signed up for the journey but police say the number of dead and injured suggests more passengers had boarded the coach along the way. The cause of the accident is not yet known but Rey Latino has been suspended for 90 days while investigations are under way.
The cause of the accident is not yet known.
Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski expressed his condolences to the relatives of those killed in a tweet [in Spanish].Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski expressed his condolences to the relatives of those killed in a tweet [in Spanish].
He wrote that all the relevant measures were being taken to help with the rescue and transfer to hospital of the victims. The accident comes seven weeks after another deadly accident on the Pan-American Highway north of the capital, Lima.
It comes seven weeks after another deadly accident on the Pan-American Highway north of the capital, Lima. In that case, a lorry driver clipped a coach, causing the latter to veer off the road and down a steep cliff.
In that case, a lorry driver clipped the coach, causing the latter to veer off the road and down a steep cliff. Local media reported that the Pan-American Highway was the road with the second highest number of accidents in Peru last year.
Long stretches of the highway, which winds along the Pacific Ocean, do not have a guard rail and there is often a sheer drop.