Overview
- The rear-impact collision at kilometer 7 of the Juliaca–Coata road killed spouses Celestino Grande Paucar and Epifania Apaza Callata after they were thrown from their motorcycle.
- The combi involved bore plate Z8P-823, its driver was identified as Néstor Cuevas Ayamamani, and he was taken into custody at the Caracoto police station.
- UPIAT officers assumed the case to determine causes and responsibilities, with relatives of the victims in Puno urging strict sanctions.
- In La Libertad, a separate frontal crash in Chocope left an unidentified woman dead at the scene and her companion hospitalized, according to local reports.
- Also in La Libertad, motorcyclist Lizandro Alberto Pérez Zamora died in San José de Moro after losing control at a speed bump, with police citing excessive speed as a factor.