STORY: The bus was heading to the town of Sorochuco on Sunday evening (April 28) when it overturned and crashed down a slope into a river, Olga Bobadilla, provincial prosecutor for the Cajamarca region, told local radio station RPP.
Local media outlets reported that the bus was traveling from the nearby town of Celendin, which announced three days of mourning in a statement shared by the local government.
Accidents are relatively common along Peru's precarious roads, with around two dozen people dying in a crash in September and at least 24 dying when a bus plunged off a cliff in January 2023.
