Overview

• Peru’s regional emergency center reported five deaths and one survivor after a car plunged into a deep ravine in Otuzco, though a local outlet cited four fatalities pending confirmation.
• The lone survivor, nurse Marbin Russell Zamora Lozano, was transferred to the Regional Teaching Hospital in Trujillo for specialized care.
• Identified victims include teacher Ana Rodríguez Meregildo, her teenage daughter known by the initials V.V.R., Gloria Rodríguez Cruz, and driver Emerson Bacilio de la Cruz, who was operating vehicle plate BDY-130.
• Preliminary police inquiries in Otuzco center on a dangerous curve, poor road conditions or possible excessive speed, with SAMU teams and national police leading recovery operations.
• In a separate crash in Jujuy, Argentina, a Volkswagen carrying six fell about 60 meters on Provincial Route 83 near Pampichuela, killing a woman during transport and leaving a man hospitalized in reserved condition as others recover.