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Bus crash kills 19 in Peru

Society Materials 24 August 2009 06:33 (UTC +04:00)

A total of 19 people died on Sunday after an inter-city bus fell off a 50-meter ravine, the nation's Highway Police told reporters on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

The accident took place in Quichuas, a town on the Huancayo-Huancavelica Highway, which links the central Junin province with the southern Huancavelica province.

Apart from the killed, 15 wounded were sent to nearby hospitals.

A passenger said that the driver was talking to someone on the bus when the accident took place.

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