Police officers clear a road that was blocked by miners during a protest at kilometer 782 of the Pan-American Highway South, near the Ocona Bridge, in the province of Camana, Arequipa Department, southern Peru, on July 11, 2025. Road unblocking operations in southern Peru left one dead and 20 injured on Friday, including seven officers, amid protests by informal miners who reject government demands to legalize their activity, authorities reported. (Photo by Juan Jose SANTY / AFP)
LIMA: At least four people were killed and over 20 injured early Friday when an interprovincial bus overturned in Paramonga in the north of Peru's Lima region, local media reported.
The bus was traveling from Caraz to Lima when it crashed near the 19-km mark of the Pativilca-Huaraz highway, between the areas of Olla Chica and Olla Grande.
Many of the injured, who suffered fractures and other traumatic injuries, were transported to hospitals in Pativilca and Barranca. Some remained in serious condition.
