Google maps of PeruPolice are trying to determine why the bus driver sent the vehicle off the road and into a 100-meter deep ravineAt least 17 people were killed and some 30 injured when a passenger bus plunged off a cliff on Tuesday in the mountainous Cusco region of Peru, local police said. Police are trying to determine why the bus driver sent the vehicle off the road and into a 100-meter deep ravine. At least 17 killed as bus plunges off cliff in Peru https://t.co/ME67Q6rSYX — Manila Bulletin News (@manilabulletin) October 2, 2019Deadly road accidents are frequent in Peru due to speeding, poor road surfaces, a lack of signage and minimal oversight by authorities. In July, 19 people died and eight more were injured when a bus crashed into a mountainside in Canete province outside Lima. In 2018, nearly 3,250 died in road accidents in Peru, up from nearly 2,830 in 2017, according to government figures.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 02, 2019 00:00 UTC