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- Pix(above): The ill-fated bus
A commuter bus has plunged off a cliff with 60 passengers on board, killing at least 23 people.
Emergency crews rushed to the horror scene in Piura, northwest of Peru, where horrifying photos of the crash show the coach flipped over with passengers on the ground.
The bus was travelling along Panamericana Norte, which is a major motorway that runs along the west coast of the South American country.
It is thought that the bus lost control on the road and plunged more than 160 feet down a gorge.
Police have confirmed 23 people are dead while those injured were taken to a local hospital in Talara, 683 miles northwest of the capital, Lima.
Peru has a high number of road fatalities, with the World Health Organisation recording 4,414 deaths on the country’s roads in 2020 (Courtesy: Daily Mail.)/SHARE THIS