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Five Dead in Two Weekend Crashes in Piura

Calls for urgent bridge repairs follow a fatal Las Monjas crash under police investigation.

Overview

  • Four members of the Valverde-Ipanaqué family died Saturday when their pickup hit a bus on the Castilla bypass, including a one-year-old child.
  • On Sunday around 8:30 a.m., motofurgón driver Henry Yarlequé Vílchez, 46, was killed at the Las Monjas bridge on the Panamericana Norte.
  • The three-wheeler carried groceries and vegetables between Piura and Sullana and bore plate 3926-OM, according to local reports.
  • An accompanying passenger was taken to Hospital Santa Rosa, and police brought the motorcyclist and the bike involved to the Veintiséis de Octubre station for clarification.
  • Relatives injured in the Castilla crash remain hospitalized, with family patriarch Alejandro Valverde Sánchez in intensive care at Clínica Miraflores as authorities continue their inquiries.