Overview
- A pre-dawn collision at km 140 of the Arequipa–Puno road in Pillones involved two interprovincial buses and a Hyundai Elantra, leaving two people dead.
- Victims Alexander Ramírez Cotohuanca, 32, and Yuvika Itzel Cama Ccamaqque, 33, were identified and their bodies were sent to the Arequipa morgue for necropsy.
- Drivers of the Turismo Puma and Cruz del Sur buses were detained at the Imata police station as peritos work to establish responsibility for presumed negligent homicide.
- In a separate morning incident in Mariano Melgar, a SIT microbus with plate V7G767 struck the wall of the Pío XII school, killing primary teacher Hulbert Santander Copa, 54.
- Roughly seven microbus passengers were reported injured as witnesses described ambulance delays and conflicting accounts about brake failure versus excessive speed, with authorities seeking security camera footage.