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24 Passengers Die in Peru Bus Accident

by VOA News

   Police in Peru say 24 people died Saturday when a bus carrying 60
   passengers plunged over a cliff in the El Alton district in the
   northern region of the country.

   Agence France-Presse reports that the bus had departed from Lima and
   was headed to Tumbes, when the accident happened at a difficult road
   location known as "Devil's Curve."

   The injured were transported to nearby hospitals.

   Officials said many of the bus passengers were from Haiti.

   The bus was owned by the Q'Orianka Tours Company.

   Some information in this story came from Agence France-Presse and
   Reuters.