At least 12 people dead in northern Peru bus accident

At least 12 people passed away after an interprovincial bus slipped off the road and fell into a ravine on a highway in Pataz province, located in the northern Peruvian department of La Libertad, local media announced on Wednesday.
The accident happened on Tuesday at approximately 11:30 a.m. local time in an area known as the “Devil’s Balcony,” as the vehicle, owned by the Turismo Rosita company, was crossing the Trujillo-Pataz route in the highlands of the region.
The bus was transporting about 30 passengers, of which four were wounded and 11 are missing, sub-prefect of Parcoy Eleodoro Castaneda told local media.
Those injured were taken to health centres in the towns of Vijus and Chagual