- Title: Dramatic video footage shows deadly Peru tour bus crash
- Date: 10th July 2017
- Summary: LIMA, PERU (JULY 10, 2017) (REUTERS) JOURNALISTS AND NEIGHBOURS LOOKING AT CRASH SITE VARIOUS OF BUS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) EYEWITNESS, MARIA PRINCIPE, SAYING: "This car was speeding along and seems to have lost its brakes. It could not contain its speed and went over the ledge." SHOES OF CHILD AMONG THE VICTIMS DEBRIS FROM ACCIDENT GENERAL VIEW OF BUS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT ARZOBISPO LOAYZA HOSPITAL TO TRANSPORT THOSE INJURED RELATIVES OF CHILEAN WOMAN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, BOARDING AMBULANCE TO BE TAKEN TO LOCAL CLINIC PERUVIAN HEALTH MINISTER, PATRICIA GARCIA, SURROUNDED BY MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HEALTH MINISTER, PATRICIA GARCIA, SAYING: "I know there are at least three or four foreigners (dead), Chileans and Canadians." EXTERIOR EMERGENCY ROOM AT ARZOBISPO LOAYZA HOSPITAL FAMILY OF VICTIMS WAITING OUTSIDE MORGUE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RELATIVE OF TOUR BUS VICTIMS, ALFONSO MALASQUEZ, SAYING: "The one who died was my mother (Eladia Rosa) and she is here (inside morgue). My sister (Maritzsa Malasquez) is still at Loayza Hospital. My mother and sister were travelling on the tour bus." RELATIVES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT OUTSIDE MORGUE REPORTERS OUTSIDE CENTRAL MORGUE IN LIMA REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL REGISTRY OF IDENTIFICATION AND CIVIL STATUS GOING INTO MORGUE MORGUE EXTERIOR
- Embargoed: 24th July 2017 21:24
- Keywords: video accident tour bus Lima dead
- Location: LIMA, PERU
- City: LIMA, PERU
- Country: Peru
- Topics: Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0026P4YMV7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A double-decker tour bus lost control and flipped over on a narrow road in Lima on Sunday (July 9), killing at least nine people and injuring 57.
Video footage from a private surveillance system showed the dramatic moment when the bus plunged off the road.
Peru's Ministry of Health said in a news release that six Chileans and two Canadians had been injured in the crash. Those injured are being treated at eight separate health facilities around capital Lima.
According to local media reports, the accident happened about two kilometres from Lima's presidential palace. The Green Tours bus - thought to be speeding - was travelling along San Cristobal hill to give passengers a general view of the city.
Bus accidents in Peru are commonplace, with high altitudes and deep ravines covering much of the South American country. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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