Overview
- The interprovincial bus, plate VBZ-964 and operated by Expreso y Turismo Real (Expreso Real), left the roadway near km 88 at Alto Marquiri in Espinar during the early hours.
- Police, firefighters and health teams moved more than 20 injured to the Hospital de Espinar, with critical patients prepared for transfer to Arequipa’s Honorio Delgado hospital.
- Highway Police and the Public Ministry opened investigations, with initial accounts indicating loss of control on sharp curves and dense fog as possible factors.
- Witnesses reported that poor mobile coverage at the crash site delayed alerts to medical staff by up to about an hour.
- Separate road incidents were reported the same day, including a fatal minivan crash on the Puno–Moquegua route, underscoring wider road-safety concerns.