Overview
- Officials say the double-decker bus struck a pickup on a curve along the Panamericana Sur and fell roughly 200 meters to the Ocoña River ravine.
- The Llamosas-operated coach was traveling from Chala to the city of Arequipa with more than 60 people on board, and the bus driver is among the dead.
- Local authorities confirm 37 fatalities, while reported injury counts range from 24 to 26 patients in treatment, including an eight-month-old baby and at least three in serious condition.
- Police detained the surviving truck driver after an alcohol test indicated the presence of alcohol, and prosecutors have launched an investigation into responsibility.
- Firefighters and police reported difficult, rocky terrain at the crash site as rescue and recovery continued in a country with frequent deadly road accidents.