{"id":55949,"date":"2018-01-03T06:10:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T06:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55949"},"modified":"2018-01-03T06:10:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T06:10:27","slug":"at-least-36-dead-after-bus-careens-off-cliff-in-peru-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/at-least-36-dead-after-bus-careens-off-cliff-in-peru-ministry.html","title":{"rendered":"At least 36 dead after bus careens off cliff in Peru: ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At least 36 dead after bus careens off cliff in Peru: ministry<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At least 36 people were killed in Peru on Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital, Lima, the country\u2019s health ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The accident took place on the Panamericana Norte highway near the area of Pasamayo on the Pacific coast, the ministry said on Twitter. Six people survived the crash and were being treated for injuries while the government rushed emergency medical services to the site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cFrom the first moment I arranged all immediate support for the rescue of the victims in this emergency,\u201d President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Road accidents are common in Peru because of unsafe highways. Police are investigating Tuesday\u2019s accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous curve zone,\u201d Colonel Dino Escudero, head of Lima\u2019s highway control division, told local radio station RPP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/peru-crash\/at-least-36-dead-after-bus-careens-off-cliff-in-peru-ministry-idINKBN1ER1QJ?il=0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/at-least-36-dead-after-bus-careens-off-cliff-in-peru-ministry.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 36 dead after bus careens off cliff in Peru: ministry At least 36 people were killed in Peru on Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital, Lima, the country\u2019s health ministry said. 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