( News.com.au ) TWENTY-two people were killed and more than 15 injured today after a bus travelling in an Andean region of central Peru veered off a steep precipice.
The accident occurred on narrow, icy roads between the mining town of Morococha and La Oroya when the overcrowded bus that was carrying at least 40 passengers sharply veered to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle, officials said.
Authorities, who said the drop was more than 200m, said the injured had been taken to hospitals in La Oroya and Lima.