Overview
- Investigators found the two women unresponsive inside the truck’s cargo area when it arrived to unload in Hualmay, a discovery reported early Tuesday.
- Police criminalistics teams and Ministerio Público staff conducted on-scene evidence collection before the bodies were moved to the Hospital Regional de Huaura morgue.
- The truck had left Lima after midnight carrying about 30 sacks of potatoes and corn placed upright in a single level, and the driver said the women were in the front of the cargo compartment.
- Local outlets cited victim names and an initial hypothesis that the women were crushed by sacks, but that account and the identities remain unconfirmed pending the formal necropsy and ongoing inquiry.
- Authorities say the necropsy and continued diligences will determine the cause of death and may prompt scrutiny of the safety risks of people riding in cargo areas during commercial transport.