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6 killed and 9 wounded in bus accident in Peru
www.chinaview.cn 2004-06-17 05:50:16

    LIMA, June 16 (Xinhuanet) -- At least six people were killed and nine others injured after a bus fell off a cliff in the jungles ofcentral Peru, the Peruvian police said Wednesday.

    The accident occurred near Rio Negro, in the state of Junin, 400 km east of Lima. Police said it was caused by the slippery road conditions after rain.

    Among those killed are a baby, two children, a woman and two men. The rescue workers have taken the wounded to the regional hospital.

    This road accident was the fourth serious one so far this month.A total of 20 Peruvians have been killed in road accidents in June.Enditem

    

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