Overview

• Early Saturday, a minivan on the Cosme–Huancayo route left the road near Mantacra at km 214+500 and fell about 100 meters into the Mantaro River.
• Three bodies have been recovered and identified as Eskcarlet Espinoza García, a nursing technician at the Cosme health center, Justina de la Cruz Huallanca, and 16-year-old Carmen E. O. M.
• Four people remain missing, including driver Edwin Casahuillca Orejón, who is reported to be the brother of folk singer Linda Rosaly.
• Recovery teams located two victims near km 222 and the teenager at km 225 in Quichuas, reflecting how the current carried wreckage downstream.
• Police highway units, Rescate 105 Huancavelica and the Mariscal Cáceres station are leading searches and the investigation; the vehicle was a white Toyota Avanza, plate BZC-276, registered to Lucy Espinoza Orejón according to Sunarp.