Bus Accident Kills at Least 37 in Southern Peru, Official Says

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Daniel von Appen/Unsplash.comLIMA–At least 37 people were killed and dozens injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in the Arequipa region of southern Peru, local authorities said on Wednesday.The fatalities included 36 people who died on site, and another person who died in hospital, said Walther Oporto, Arequipa’s regional health chief, citing firefighters at the scene of the accident.The bus struck a van and veered off the road into a ravine, Oporto said in a television interview.

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