<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A bus plummeted from the edge of a narrow mountain road in southeastern Peru on Monday, killing 25 people including two children, according to authorities.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The accident occurred before dawn when the bus traveling between two Andean towns careened down a 200-meter (656-foot) ravine in the region of Huancavelica, a police official told AFP.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The toll is 25 dead and 34 injured," Defense Minister Jorge Chavez said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Images of the site showed the battered bus lying on its side near a river, with debris and personal items strewn around.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police and rescue workers combed the scene, while onlookers watched from the narrow dirt road up above.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Dina Boluarte, in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, conveyed her condolences to the victims' loved ones.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An accident in the same region last month left 13 people dead and five seriously injured.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Accidents frequently occur along Peruvian highways due to speeding, poor road conditions, lack of signage and poor enforcement of traffic rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The World Health Organization estimated 4,414 road fatalities in Peru in 2019, or 13.6 per 100,000 inhabitants. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>