Tragedy in Peru Bus falls into the abyss leaving 14 children and 37 adults died

Fourteen children between three and nine years , and 37 adults who were traveling in a truck on Friday night , after a party , died in a traffic accident in Sullucuyoc , in the province of the Convention in the southern department of Cusco . The vehicle fell down a vertical drop of 200 meters . The official news agency Andina reported Saturday that the prosecutor Juan Carlos Valverde , " with the help of family members, was able to identify all the bodies recovered from an abyss " . The mayor of the Convention , Fedia Castro said his city was in mourning and that the dead were " 51 people from poor families ." " We are supporting all families with the purchase of coffins and delivery of food to soup kitchens ," Castro told Radioprogramas . Authorities are investigating whether the driver , who also participated in the party, was drunk . The head of the Institute of Legal Medicine of the Public Prosecutor , Luis Bromley , told Canal N that have sent staff to the Convention to provide psychosocial support to the families of the victims. The president of Peru , Ollanta Humala , also expressed in the Twitter social network "deep regret " and condolences to the families of the 51 victims The Convention is a province benefited from the Camisea gas canon , the main gas complex in the country , and many indigenous Amazonian people . The area also has presence Shining Path terrorist group . Last year at least three schools of the Convention were used by military and police personnel to lack of own premises , endangering students . In April, in the province a disaster occurred because of the rain and mud and rock slide that left 250 families isolated . In Peru , the control of surface transport is almost zero, which causes at least once a month an accident with 20 or 30 people on average. The transfer in the cargo areas of trucks, although it is risky for the passengers , it is common for the shortage of buses. According to the Superintendent of Transportation, in 2012 there were 555 deaths on national roads , ie the supervision of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which does not include the deaths in urban and regional roads are the responsibility of municipalities and governments regional .

• 2013-10-13T15:10:18+00:00
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