50 killed in Peru bus crash

The accident occurred on Sunday in the Andean jungle, 346km northeast of the capital, officer Juan Siu Gomez said on Monday via telephone from Aguaytia, near the crash site.

The bus was headed from Lima to the jungle town of Pucallpa, about 483km to the northeast, when it crashed, police said. There were no foreign passengers on board. Police Capt Omar Martin said from Pucallpa that the number of dead reached 49 after rescue workers pulled victims from the bus, which was submerged in the Yurac River.