21 killed, 38 injured when passenger bus plunges into ravine in Peruvian Andes
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say 21 people were killed and 38 seriously injured when a bus veered off the road and plunged into a ravine in Peru's southeastern Andes Mountains.
It is the second deadly road accident in Peru in a week. Last Monday, 38 people died and 84 were injured when three buses and a truck collided on the South American country's main coastal highway.
The latest accident took place on Monday in Ayacucho province. The bus fell into a 1,000-meter (3,280-foot) deep ravine, Col. Orfiles Bravo told local media.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He said the cause of the accident was still not known. He said the bus was reduced to "a mass of twisted metal."