LIMA, Peru — At least 48 people were killed Tuesday when a bus plunged down a cliff near the Peruvian capital of Lima, police said.
The accident occurred on a notorious bend of the Panamericana Norte highway, known as “the curve of the devil,” about 45 miles north of Lima.
It was not clear exactly how many people were on the bus, which was traveling from the city of Huacho to Lima, and the search had been called off for the day, police said.
Another six people were found injured, with five people airlifted to a hospital in the nearby city of Callao.
