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Families of ArequipaCusco Bus Crash Victims Demand Rayo Dorado Pay Hospital Bills

Relatives report mounting surgery costs that are delaying treatment.

Overview

  • Police say a Rayo Dorado bus with plate VAX957 overturned near EspinarCoporaque around 2 a.m. on November 9, leaving 3 dead and 37 injured.
  • Families report the company told them it lacks funds to cover care as SOAT coverage nears its limit and clinics request guarantees of 45,000–50,000 soles for operations.
  • Injured passengers remain hospitalized in Arequipa, and a shortage of ICU beds has prevented transfer to Hospital Honorio Delgado Goyoneche.
  • According to the police intervention report, the driver and co-driver were not found at the scene, and survivors allege they fled after driving at excessive speed.
  • Roughly 30 relatives are outside Clínica San Juan de Dios seeking assistance and publicly sharing Yape numbers to raise money for urgent surgeries.