Overview
- Regional health officials confirmed 37 fatalities, with roughly two dozen injured receiving care in Camaná and Arequipa, including critical transfers to Hospital Honorio Delgado.
- The interprovincial bus traveling from Chala to Arequipa left the roadway near km 780–781 and landed by the Ocoña River after an initial impact with a pickup on a dangerous curve.
- The pickup’s driver was taken into custody in Ocoña, and police sources reported a positive qualitative alcohol test as authorities assess potential criminal responsibility.
- The Camaná prosecutor’s office began urgent diligences, coordinating body recoveries, medico‑legal necropsies, and technical inspections with highway police.
- Sutran supplied vehicle and monitoring records to investigators, and the crash location’s record of fatal wrecks renewed scrutiny of road safety in the Ocoña sector of the Panamericana Sur.