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Collision Leaves 13 Dead, 28 Injured in Peru
At least 13 people were killed and 21 others injured in a highway accident in southern Peru on July 14, local police said.
The tragedy occurred when a bus collided with a cargo vehicle carrying tomatoes in Ocucaje, 342 kilometers south of Lima, police said.
The bus's driver and conductor and a child were among the dead. Eight of the seriously injured were taken to Felix Torrealba Hospital and most of the other wounded were taken to a regional hospital of the Health Ministry.
Cause of the accident is not immediately known.
An earlier traffic accident in the country on Thursday killed 20 people and injured 30 others.
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