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15 killed in Peru bus crash

Published: March. 10, 2013 at 11:30 PM

LIMA, March 10 (UPI) -- A bus carrying 52 people plunged off a cliff in Peru Sunday, killing at least 15 people, authorities said.

Yamila Osorio, chief of the regional government of Camana, said 38 others were injured when the bus went off the road in Camana, El Comercio reported.

The newspaper said the bus plummeted about 150 feet.

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