Dozens dead as bus plunges off cliff near Peruvian capital Lima
3 years, 3 months ago

Dozens dead as bus plunges off cliff near Peruvian capital Lima

Al Jazeera  

At least two children were among the 32 killed, and 20 others were injured in the accident east of Lima. At least 32 passengers have died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru, officials said, in the country’s third multiple-victim transport accident in four days. The accident happened on Tuesday on a narrow stretch of the Carretera Central road some 60 km east of the capital Lima. Road accidents are common in the Andean country due to speeding motorists, poorly maintained highways, a lack of road signs and poor traffic safety enforcement.

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At least 30 dead after horror crash between passenger bus and truck in Brazil
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2 days, 2 hours ago

At least 30 dead after horror crash between passenger bus and truck in Brazil

Daily Mail  

At least 30 people have been killed after a crash involving a passenger bus and a truck on a Brazilian highway. Officials in the South American country said the incident happened on the Minas Gerais stretch of road in the southeast of the country on Saturday. The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were …

38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
2 days, 5 hours ago

38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 38 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were taken to hospitals near the city of Teofilo Otoni. Romeu Zema wrote on X that he …

37 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
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2 days, 19 hours ago

37 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil

LA Times  

A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 37 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were taken to hospitals near the city of Teofilo Otoni. Others said that a granite block hit the bus, the …

At least 32 people killed as bus and truck collide in Brazil
2 days, 19 hours ago

At least 32 people killed as bus and truck collide in Brazil

Al Jazeera  

Passenger bus collides with truck near town of Lajinha in southeastern state of Minas Gerais, fire officials say. At least 32 people have been killed when a passenger bus and a truck collided on a highway in southeastern Brazil. The fire department in Minas Gerais state, which responded to the crash near the town of Lajinha early on Saturday, said …

32 dead, many injured after bus collides with truck in Brazil
2 days, 19 hours ago

32 dead, many injured after bus collides with truck in Brazil

India Today  

At least 32 people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, adding that the death toll could still rise. The accident in Minas Gerais state involving a bus that was travelling from S£o Paulo left "between 32 and 35" people dead, a spokeswoman for the local fire department told AFP by phone. "After hours …

3 Killed, 39 Injured After Bus Falls Into Gorge In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district
1 week, 6 days ago

3 Killed, 39 Injured After Bus Falls Into Gorge In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district

ABP News  

A private bus with over 42 passengers on board fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring 39 others, police said. #WATCH | Himachal Pradesh | Three people died and 39 were injured after a bus carrying passengers plunged into a gorge in the Ani area of Kullu early morning today pic.twitter.com/VMa6sZfPJm …

Passengers in fatal bus crash near French ski resort were mostly Colombian nationals living in Spain
3 weeks ago

Passengers in fatal bus crash near French ski resort were mostly Colombian nationals living in Spain

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Many of the victims of a bus crash in Southern France in which two people were killed and dozens of others were injured are citizens of Colombia, officials said Monday. In a statement published on X, Colombia’s foreign affairs ministry said 30 passengers were Colombian citizens living in Spain. Colombia’s ambassador to France, Alfonso Prada, said the …

More than 20 killed in Bolivia’s worst road accident this year
5 months ago

More than 20 killed in Bolivia’s worst road accident this year

Al Jazeera  

Initial investigation shows that the truck had crossed into the opposite lane while trying to overtake another vehicle. A head-on collision between a truck and a bus on a highway in the Bolivian Andes has killed 22 people and injured 16 in the country’s worst road accident this year, according to police. Fourteen of the dead have been identified so …

At least 21 people killed in bus accident in southern Peru
5 months ago

At least 21 people killed in bus accident in southern Peru

China Daily  

LIMA -- At least 21 people were killed and nearly 20 others injured in a passenger bus accident in the southern Peruvian region of Ayacucho on Tuesday, local authorities said. The interprovincial bus went off the road in the district of Paras, Cangallo province, Ayacucho region, and fell into a ravine about 200 meters deep, said Jhonny Rolando Valderrama, head …

Bus crash kills at least 23 people in Peru’s Andes
5 months, 1 week ago

Bus crash kills at least 23 people in Peru’s Andes

Al Jazeera  

More than a dozen injured after bus veered off cliff in south-central Andes region of Ayacucho, interior ministry says. A bus crash in Peru’s Andes mountains has killed at least 23 people and injured more than a dozen others, the country’s interior ministry said, as emergency crews struggled to reach the site of the incident. In a post on social …

Bus accident in Peru leaves at least 16 dead
7 months, 1 week ago

Bus accident in Peru leaves at least 16 dead

New Indian Express  

LIMA, PERU: At least 16 people were killed Tuesday in Peru when a bus rolled off a ledge in the mountainous Ayacucho region, authorities said. Ayacucho official Wiber Vega told reporters that 13 bodies had already been recovered and three more had yet to be retrieved from under the bus. The crash occurred early Tuesday as the bus was traveling …

3 killed, 15 hospitalized when truck and bus carrying students crash on Ohio highway
1 year, 1 month ago

3 killed, 15 hospitalized when truck and bus carrying students crash on Ohio highway

LA Times  

Emergency workers respond to the scene of the fatal crash on Interstate 70 West in Licking County, Ohio, on Tuesday. A charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear-ended by a semitruck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured, according to an emergency official. Five vehicles were involved in the crash, …

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 16 migrants from …

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — At least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, authorities said. Last week, 10 Cuban migrants died and 17 others were seriously injured after a freight truck they were riding in crashed on a highway in the neighboring state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala. Mexican authorities …

At least 24 killed in Peru after bus plummets down slope
1 year, 3 months ago

At least 24 killed in Peru after bus plummets down slope

Al Jazeera  

The crash is the latest deadly incident on Peru’s roadways, which have seen an increase in traffic-related fatalities. Manuel Zevallos Pacheco, the mayor of the Anco district, told the news outlet RPP that the bus fell at least 150 metres. #LOÚLTIMO Bus interprovincial de ruta Huancayo – Ayacucho de la empresa Molina Unión sufrió despiste y volcadura cayendo al Río …

Bus Accident in Pak Kills 5 After Driver Falls Asleep
1 year, 4 months ago

Bus Accident in Pak Kills 5 After Driver Falls Asleep

News 18  

At least five persons were killed and 20 others severely injured on Sunday when a bus with devotees overturned in Pakistan’s Punjab province after the driver fell asleep, police said. The bus, with the devotees, was on its way back to Jacobabad from Sakhi Sarwar when it overturned after the driver lost control of the vehicle as he fell asleep, …

Child among 7 killed, 29 injured as bus falls into canal in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 5 months ago

Child among 7 killed, 29 injured as bus falls into canal in Andhra Pradesh

India Today  

Seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed, and 29 others sustained injuries after the bus in which they were travelling plunged into a canal at Darsi in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, said police. Eyewitnesses said that the bus lost control while trying to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle, resulting in it falling into the Nagarjuna Sagar …

Toddler among 29 people dead after bus veers off road and crashes into gully in Mexico
1 year, 5 months ago

Toddler among 29 people dead after bus veers off road and crashes into gully in Mexico

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twenty-nine people, including a …

17 dead, several injured after bus carrying migrants in Mexico overturns
1 year, 10 months ago

17 dead, several injured after bus carrying migrants in Mexico overturns

India Today  

A bus carrying migrants from Venezuela, Colombia and central America overturned in central Mexico, leaving 17 people dead and several others injured, officials in Puebla state were quoted as saying by news agency Reuters. The accident took place on a highway on Sunday afternoon when the bus with 45 passengers headed north, Puebla's Interior Minister Julio Huerta was quoted as …

Panama bus accident kills at least 39 migrants
1 year, 10 months ago

Panama bus accident kills at least 39 migrants

Al Jazeera  

A bus carrying 66 people plunged off of a cliff in the worst accident involving migrants in Panama in a decade. Dozens of migrants have been killed in a bus accident in the Central American nation of Panama, where a bus carrying more than 60 migrants plunged off a cliff. The Panamanian government typically moves migrants who have crossed the …

At Least 30 Killed as Passenger Bus Rams Car, Falls Into Ravine in Pakistan
1 year, 10 months ago

At Least 30 Killed as Passenger Bus Rams Car, Falls Into Ravine in Pakistan

News 18  

At least 30 people were killed in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday when a passenger bus fell into a deep ravine after colliding with a car, police said. The accident took place when the speeding passenger bus travelling from Gilgit to Rawalpindi collided with the car near the Shatial check post in Diamir district of Gilgit Baltistan. Both vehicles fell into …

40 people killed, dozens injured after 2 buses collide head-on in central Senegal
1 year, 11 months ago

40 people killed, dozens injured after 2 buses collide head-on in central Senegal

India TV News  

Senegal: At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, the country's president said Sunday. “I am deeply saddened by the tragic road accident today in Gniby causing 40 deaths and many serious injuries. He declared three days of mourning starting Monday and said he will hold an inter-ministerial council to discuss road …

Andhra Pradesh: 7 Killed, 45 Injured In Chittoor As Bus Carrying Wedding Guests Falls Off Cliff Due To 'Driver's Negligence'
2 years, 8 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: 7 Killed, 45 Injured In Chittoor As Bus Carrying Wedding Guests Falls Off Cliff Due To 'Driver's Negligence'

ABP News  

A major road accident took place on Bhakarapet Ghat Road in Chittur District of Andhra Pradesh Saturday night. Seven people were killed and 45 were injured after the bus carrying 50 members of a marriage party fell into a valley due to being out of control. Andhra Pradesh | 7 people killed and 45 injured in a bus accident last …

22 Killed as Bus Falls into Ravine in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
3 years, 1 month ago

22 Killed as Bus Falls into Ravine in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

News 18  

At least 22 people were killed and eight others injured on Wednesday after a bus carrying them fell into a ravine in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, police said. The bus apparently developed some technical fault and fell more than 500 meters down the road, killing 22 people, including women and children, they said. Dawn newspaper reported that a roadside vendor nearby saw …

22 killed, 8 injured as Rawalpindi-bound bus falls into ravine in PoK
3 years, 1 month ago

22 killed, 8 injured as Rawalpindi-bound bus falls into ravine in PoK

India Today  

At least 22 people were killed and eight others injured on Wednesday after a bus carrying them fell into a ravine in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, police said. The bus apparently developed some technical fault and fell more than 500 meters down the road, killing 22 people, including women and children, they said. Dawn newspaper reported that a roadside vendor nearby saw …

15 killed, 35 injured in bus accident in Pakistan
3 years, 7 months ago

15 killed, 35 injured in bus accident in Pakistan

India Today  

At least 15 people were killed and more than 35 others injured when a speeding passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the bus driver lost control while trying to avoid an accident with another car. At least 15 people have lost their lives while over 35 others …

At least 20 dead in bus accident in Peru
3 years, 8 months ago

At least 20 dead in bus accident in Peru

India TV News  

At least 20 people were killed and 14 others injured in Peru after an interprovincial bus skidded and overturned in Sihuas province in the northern Ancash region, authorities said on Monday. According to the Parobamba district municipality on its Facebook page, the "accident left 18 people dead on the spot, with two more dying while being transferred." The accident occurred …

5 Passengers Killed After Tourist Bus Skids Off Road, Plunges into Gorge in Visakhapatnam
3 years, 10 months ago

5 Passengers Killed After Tourist Bus Skids Off Road, Plunges into Gorge in Visakhapatnam

News 18  

Five people including a child have died, and 13 others are injured after a bus carrying over 30 passengers fell into a gorge at Anantagiri near Araku in Visakhapatnam district on Friday night. Visakhapatnam range DIG Ranga Rao told PTI that their teams had reached the spot for rescue operations. Another senior police official said rescue operations by the National …

At least 18 dead after bus plunges off highway in Brazil and lands on train tracks
4 years ago

At least 18 dead after bus plunges off highway in Brazil and lands on train tracks

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 18 passengers …

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