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Highway accident kills 5, injuries 20 in Peru

Other News Materials 1 November 2010 07:01 (UTC +04:00)
At least five people died and 20 more were injured on Sunday during a highway accident in Pasco department, center of Peru, Xinhua reported.
Highway accident kills 5, injuries 20 in Peru

At least five people died and 20 more were injured on Sunday during a highway accident in Pasco department, center of Peru, Xinhua reported.

According to local media reports, a passenger bus went out of the road and turned over in the 97 km of the La Oroya-Cerro de Pasco highway, apparently due to the pouring rain affecting the Andean region.

To the moment, five of the victims have been identified, Marcelino Cotrina, a 57-year-old man, Hugo Salcedo Papa and Sosimo Lopez, 47-year-old-men, and another two men between 45 to 50 years old, local radio station Radio Programas de Peru (RPP) said.

Most of the injured were taken to a hospital in Pasco, according to the RPP.

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