The incident "left at least 48 victims" dead, the statement posted on the Interior Ministry's website said, revising earlier tolls of at least 25 dead, and then 36. There were 53 passengers on board. A group of emergency personnel works to rescue victims after a passenger bus plunged off the Pan-American Highway North, about 45 kilometers from Lima, Peru, 02 January 2018. At least 36 people died and six injured after a passenger bus plunged off a cliff by the sea in an area known as Pasamayo, in northern Lima, officials said. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 03, 2018 03:11 UTC