Overview

• A Real Star del Perú bus struck a metal guardrail on the Vía de Evitamiento in Ate, killing two passengers and injuring nine, according to police reports.
• The person at the wheel was identified as Martín Alejandro Effio Dávila, who worked as a cobrador and lacked a driving license, yet took control of the unit.
• Effio remains in custody under a nine-month preventive detention order from the Santa Anita prosecutor’s office while investigators pursue charges of homicidio culposo and lesiones culposas.
• Effio told investigators the bus suffered brake failure and warned passengers to hold on, while a witness cited by Ojo alleged the driver was often on his phone and may have been drowsy.
• ATU found the unit had more than S/5,400 in prior infractions, began sanctioning the operator and driver, will send the bus to a depot, and families say the company has not assumed medical costs; separate collisions in Ate, including a fatal auto–mototaxi crash, have intensified safety concerns.