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24 killed in road accident in Peru

Rescue workers and police carried out the relief work and rushed injured to local hospitals in El Alto and Mancora.

ANI | New Delhi | January 29, 2023 12:22 pm

At least 24 people were killed in a traffic accident in Peru’s Piura region, local media reported.

The accident occurred on Saturday when a bus belonging to the company Q’orianka Tours Aguila Dorada, carrying about 60 people, plunged off an abyss at a steep section of the road, known as “the devil’s curve”, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Rescue workers and police carried out the relief work and rushed injured to local hospitals in El Alto and Mancora.

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Boat collision kills three off Japan’s Yamaguchi

A collision between two boats off the coast of Kudamatsu in Japan's Yamaguchi prefecture left three people aboard a pleasure boat dead.

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S.Korea President Yoon set to leave for Peru to attend APEC summit

Yoon will travel to Peru from Thursday to Friday for the APEC summit and head to Brazil on Sunday for the G20 summit slated for the next two days, Yonhap news agency reported.

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Private and minibus operators assert improvement of public transport infrastructure

The fatal road accident at Salt Lake today drew assertions from the city private and minibus operators on enhancing infrastructure of public transport to prevent road accidents.