Bus carrying indigenous Quechua home from party in Peru plunges off cliff, killing 51 (AP 10/12)
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Quechua children among victims of deadly bus crash in Peru
Posted: Monday, October 14, 2013
A bus plunged off a cliff in Peru on Friday night, killing all 51 people on board, including 14 children.
All of the passengers were reported to be Quechua. They were coming back from a party when their bus fell about 650 feet into a river, the Associated Press reported.
Last year alone, more than 4,000 people died in similar accidents in the Andean mountains, the AP said.
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Bus carrying indigenous Quechua home from party in Peru plunges off cliff, killing 51 (AP 10/12)
Bus carrying indigenous Quechua home from party in Peru plunges off cliff, killing 51 (AP 10/12)
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