Bus crashes into cliff, 20 killed

At least 20 people dead and 34 others injured when an intercity bus was speeding and crashed a biased wheel cliff in the Andes mountains of Peru. According to police spokesman in the city of Ayacucho, the capital, 320km southeast of Lima, most of those who survived the crash were badly hurt. On a bus traveling from Lima to Ayacuho at which more than 50 passengers.

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"Some bodies are crushed because of the strong impact crash," one official said, adding that rescue teams are trying to retrieve bodies trapped in the pile of steel crushed tick.

Peru is one of the water system's most dangerous roads in Latin America. In the past 6 years, with about 3,400 people are killed each year in traffic accidents. Last year, accidents in this country there is little improvement with 2852 deaths. Increased number of deaths is blamed on dangerous mountain roads, poor quality roads, poor vehicle maintenance and many drivers are not good. According to the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications