At least 40 dead in Peru bus crash

A passenger bus has plunged into a ravine in the high Andes of southern Peru, killing at least 40 people and wounding 10 others, police said.

Authorities said more than 50 people were aboard when the bus travelling between Arequipa and the town of Santa Tomas, near Cusco, veered off the road and tumbled 200 metres down a mountainside, police captain Juan Suarez said.
"There are 40 dead at the moment and I don't have the exact number of wounded, there are about 10," Captain Suarez said.
The crash occurred in Chumbivilca province, about 1,100 kilometres from the capital, Lima.
- AFP