Bus Plunges in Peru’s Andes, Killing 29

Bus Plunges in Peru’s Andes, Killing 29
The town of Matucana in Peru, near which a bus fell off a cliff in the Peruvian Andes on Tuesday, killing 29 people, on Aug. 31, 2021. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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LIMA—A bus driving along a main highway in the Peruvian Andes plunged into an abyss and killed at least 29 passengers in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said.

The incident happened near the town of Matucana, along Peru’s Central Highway, a corridor that connects the capital Lima to much of the central Andes. The bus was carrying 63 passengers, a police official told local news outlet Canal N.