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Head-On Crash on Interoceanic Highway in Cusco Kills Four, Injures One

Prosecutors oversee a police investigation to determine responsibility at the crash site.

Overview

  • The collision occurred around 18:20 on Wednesday at km 75+500 in Pampacancha, Ocongate, on the Interoceanic South route.
  • Authorities report a frontal impact between a car and a heavy truck with plate VAN-821 driven by Armando Quesuhuallpa.
  • The deceased were identified as car driver Richar Olmeda Coronel, Yohan Márquez Casani, Hilda Villasante Lima, and an unidentified woman of about 35.
  • Survivor Richar Márquez Casani was taken to the Ocongate health center with traumatic brain injury and multiple contusions.
  • Police processed the scene with the vehicles remaining in the right lane, and the bodies were sent to the Urcos morgue as investigations continue.