Overview
- A truck transporting a front loader became lodged beneath Puente Balta on the Vía de Evitamiento in Cercado de Lima on the afternoon of November 5.
- Traffic police closed three of four lanes and allowed limited flow in the south-to-north direction toward Puente Ricardo Palma and Lima Norte.
- Lima Expresa personnel are on site working to remove the vehicle as backups extended from the bridge area to Puente Huánuco.
- Reports indicate the loader struck the underside of the bridge and sustained damage, with impact to the structure noted by local outlets.
- As of the latest updates, authorities had not issued an official statement, and coverage referenced a similar heavy-truck strike at the same location on October 22.